title: Denitrifying kinetics and nitrous oxide emission under different copper concentrations.
abstract: Denitrifying activities and nitrous oxide (N2O) emission during denitrification can be affected by copper concentrations. Different denitrifiers were acclimated in sequencing batch reactors with acetate or methanol as the electron donor and nitrate as the electron acceptor. The effect of copper concentrations on the denitrifying activity and N2O emission for the acclimated denitrifiers was examined in batch experiments. Denitrifying activities of the acclimated denitrifiers declined with increasing copper concentrations, and the copper concentration exhibited a higher effect on denitrifiers acclimated with acetate than those acclimated with methanol. Compared with the control without the addition of copper, at the copper concentration of 1 mg/L, the acetate utilization rate reduced by 89% for acetate-acclimated denitrifiers, while the methanol utilization rate only reduced by 15% for methanol-acclimated denitrifiers. Copper also had different effects on N2O emission during denitrification carried out by various types of denitrifiers. For the acetate-acclimated denitrifiers, N2O emission initially increased and then decreased with increasing copper concentrations, while for the methanol-acclimated denitrifiers, N2O emission decreased with increasing copper concentrations.
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Microorganism Application and Risk Control (MARC) of Shenzhen, Graduate School at Shenzhen, Tsinghua University, Shenzhen 518055, Guangdong, China E-mail: wu.guangxue@sz.tsinghua.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Guangxue
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.affiliation: Department of Environmental Engineering, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, Guangdong, China.
authors.forename: Xiaofeng
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Zhai
authors.affiliation: Department of Environmental Engineering, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, Guangdong, China.
authors.forename: Chengai
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Jiang
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Microorganism Application and Risk Control (MARC) of Shenzhen, Graduate School at Shenzhen, Tsinghua University, Shenzhen 518055, Guangdong, China E-mail: wu.guangxue@sz.tsinghua.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Yuntao
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Guan
mesh_terms: D019149:Bioreactors; D003300:Copper / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000494:pharmacology*; D058440:Denitrification; D009566:Nitrates / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D009573:Nitrites / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D009609:Nitrous Oxide / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism; D012722:Sewage / Q000737:chemistry / Q000382:microbiology
chemical_list: D009566:Nitrates; D009573:Nitrites; D012722:Sewage; D003300:Copper; D009609:Nitrous Oxide