title: Physicochemical characteristics and microbial community evolution of biofilms during the start-up period in a moving bed biofilm reactor.
abstract: This study aimed to investigate biofilm properties evolution coupled with different ages during the start-up period in a moving bed biofilm reactor system. Physicochemical characteristics including adhesion force, extracellular polymeric substances (EPS), morphology as well as volatile solid and microbial community were studied. Results showed that the formation and development of biofilms exhibited four stages, including (I) initial attachment and young biofilm formation, (II) biofilms accumulation, (III) biofilm sloughing and updating, and (IV) biofilm maturation. During the whole start-up period, adhesion force was positively and significantly correlated with the contents of EPS, especially the content of polysaccharide. In addition, increased adhesion force and EPS were beneficial for biofilm retention. Gram-negative bacteria mainly including Sphaerotilus, Zoogloea and Haliscomenobacter were predominant in the initial stage. Actinobacteria was beneficial to resist sloughing. Furthermore, filamentous bacteria were dominant in maturation biofilm.
authors: State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, School of the Environment, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, Jiangsu, PR China.
authors: Yan
authors: Y
authors: Zhu
authors: State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, School of the Environment, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, Jiangsu, PR China.
authors: Yan
authors: Y
authors: Zhang
authors: State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, School of the Environment, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, Jiangsu, PR China. Electronic address: hqren@nju.edu.cn.
authors: Hong-Qiang
authors: HQ
authors: Ren
authors: State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, School of the Environment, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, Jiangsu, PR China.
authors: Jin-Ju
authors: JJ
authors: Geng
authors: State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, School of the Environment, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, Jiangsu, PR China.
authors: Ke
authors: K
authors: Xu
authors: State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, School of the Environment, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, Jiangsu, PR China.
authors: Hui
authors: H
authors: Huang
authors: State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, School of the Environment, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, Jiangsu, PR China. Electronic address: dinglili@nju.edu.cn.
authors: Li-Li
authors: LL
authors: Ding
mesh_terms: D018441:Biofilms / Q000254:growth & development; D057919:Biological Oxygen Demand Analysis; D019149:Bioreactors / Q000382:microbiology*; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal; D005110:Extracellular Space / Q000737:chemistry / Q000382:microbiology; D006090:Gram-Negative Bacteria / Q000737:chemistry / Q000254:growth & development; D059013:Microbial Consortia / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D011108:Polymers / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D014865:Waste Disposal, Fluid / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods
chemical_list: D004275:DNA, Ribosomal; D011108:Polymers
keywords: Adhesion force; Biofilm; Extracellular polymeric substances (EPS); Microbial community; Moving bed biofilm reactor (MBBR)