title: Bioaugmentation of biological contact oxidation reactor (BCOR) with phenol-degrading bacteria for coal gasification wastewater (CGW) treatment.
abstract: This study was conducted to evaluate the performance of the biological contact oxidation reactor (BCOR) treating coal gasification wastewater (CGW) after augmented with phenol degrading bacteria (PDB). The PDB were isolated with phenol, 4-methyl phenol, 3,5-dimethyl phenol and resorcinol as carbon resources. Much of the refractory phenolic compounds were converted into easily-biodegradable compounds in spite of low TOC removal. The bioaugmentation with PDB significantly enhanced the removal of COD, total phenols (TP) and NH3-N, with efficiencies from 58% to 78%, 66% to 80%, and 5% to 25%, respectively. In addition, the augmented BCOR exhibited strong recovery capability in TP and COD removal while recovery of NH3-N removal needed longer time. Microbial community analysis revealed that the PDB presented as dominant populations in the bacteria consortia, which in turn determined the overall performance of the system.
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resource and Environment, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150090, China.
authors.forename: Fang
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Fang
authors.forename: Hongjun
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Han
authors.forename: Qian
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.forename: Chunyan
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Linghan
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Zhang
mesh_terms: D000641:Ammonia / Q000302:isolation & purification; D001673:Biodegradation, Environmental; D044822:Biodiversity; D057919:Biological Oxygen Demand Analysis; D019149:Bioreactors / Q000382:microbiology*; D002244:Carbon / Q000302:isolation & purification; D003031:Coal; D058645:Denaturing Gradient Gel Electrophoresis; D008401:Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry; D005740:Gases / Q000737:chemistry*; D007700:Kinetics; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D019800:Phenol / Q000378:metabolism*; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics; D014865:Waste Disposal, Fluid; D062065:Wastewater / Q000382:microbiology*; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical / Q000302:isolation & purification; D018508:Water Purification / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D000641:Ammonia; D002244:Carbon; D003031:Coal; D005740:Gases; D019800:Phenol; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S; D062065:Wastewater; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical
keywords: Bioaugmentation; Biological contact oxidation; Coal gasification wastewater; Phenol-degrading bacteria