Effect of free nitrous acid on nitritation process: Microbial community, inhibitory kinetics, and functional biomarker.

Yucan Liu, Yuliang Zhu, Daishun Wu, Zhaoyang Wang, Yajun Wang, Gang Wang, Xin Zhou, Hongwei Sun

Bioresource technology 2023 Mar

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This work comprehensively deciphered the effect of free nitrous acid (FNA) on the microbial community, inhibitory kinetics, and nitrifiers in nitritation process. Nitritation was first successfully achieved through selective inhibition of free ammonia (FA) on nitrite oxidizers (NOB). Then, batch tests clearly showed that FNA significantly inhibits the ammonia oxidation rate (rsu) and the growth rate (μ) of ammonia oxidizers (AOB), which was well described by the Hellinga model (KI = 0.222 mg·L-1). The structural equation model indicated that FNA was significantly and negatively associated with rsu, μ, Nitrosomonas, Commamons, Nitrospira, and Nitrotoga and positively correlated with Paracoccus. Furthermore, Nitrosomonas significantly drove the ammonia utilization and growth of AOB and was identified as the most important functional biomarker indicating the nitritation in response to FNA levels using random forest model. This study provides helpful information on the kinetics of the mechanism underlying the FNA inhibition on nitrification. Copyright © 2023 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

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Yucan Liu, Yuliang Zhu, Daishun Wu, Zhaoyang Wang, Yajun Wang, Gang Wang, Xin Zhou, Hongwei Sun. Effect of free nitrous acid on nitritation process: Microbial community, inhibitory kinetics, and functional biomarker. Bioresource technology. 2023 Mar;371:128595