title: Qualitative and quantitative analysis of extracellular polymeric substances in partial nitrification and full nitrification reactors.
abstract: In present study, two column-type sequencing batch reactors with alternative anoxic/aerobic phases were operated and compared under partial nitrification and full nitrification modes by controlling different dissolved oxygen (DO) conditions. During steady state, the characterizations of extracellular polymeric substances (EPS) from two reactors were qualitatively and quantitatively analyzed through chemical and spectroscopic approaches. Data implied that partial nitrification reactor had relatively higher total nitrogen (TN) removal efficiency and loosely bound EPS (LB-EPS) and tightly bound EPS (TB-EPS) contents. According to excitation emission matrix (EEM) spectra, LB-EPS and TB-EPS from two kinds of reactors expressed similar fluorescence peak locations but different intensities. Fluorescence regional integration (FRI) further suggested that Region IV was the main fraction in both types of EPS fractions. Moreover, TB-EPS exhibited a greater number of molecular weight fractions than those of LB-EPS. Both EPS fractions had similar functional groups, which represented the complex nature of EPS compositions.
authors.affiliation: School of Resources and Environment, University of Jinan, Jinan 250022, PR China.
authors.forename: Dong
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Wei
authors.affiliation: School of Resources and Environment, University of Jinan, Jinan 250022, PR China.
authors.forename: Tao
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yan
authors.affiliation: School of Resources and Environment, University of Jinan, Jinan 250022, PR China.
authors.forename: Keyi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: School of Resources and Environment, University of Jinan, Jinan 250022, PR China.
authors.forename: Ya
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.affiliation: School of Resources and Environment, University of Jinan, Jinan 250022, PR China.
authors.forename: Na
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.affiliation: School of Resources and Environment, University of Jinan, Jinan 250022, PR China. Electronic address: dubin61@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Bin
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Du
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Chemical Sensing & Analysis in Universities of Shandong, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, University of Jinan, Jinan 250022, PR China.
authors.forename: Qin
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Wei
mesh_terms: D019149:Bioreactors; D008970:Molecular Weight; D058465:Nitrification; D009584:Nitrogen; D011108:Polymers
chemical_list: D011108:Polymers; D009584:Nitrogen
keywords: Excitation-emission matrix (EEM); Extracellular polymeric substances (EPS); Molecular weight distribution; Partial nitrification; Sequencing batch reactor (SBR)