To investigate the distribution characteristics of the cyanobacteria community and the driving factors in impounded lakes and reservoirs in Shandong on the east route of the South-to-North Water Diversion Project, monthly samples of phytoplankton and the aquatic environment from Nansi Lake, Dongping Lake, Datun Reservoir, Donghu Reservoir, and Shuangwangcheng Reservoir were collected from May to November during 2010 to 2019. A total of 44 planktonic cyanobacteria taxa were identified with 23 filamentous cyanobacteria taxa. , and were the dominant harmful cyanobacteria species, with a high detection frequency and abundance in all lakes and reservoirs.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThis work aimed to study the effects of chitosan on cell integrity and extracellular microcystins (MCs) of Microcystis aeruginosa cells during flocculation and flocs storage processes. The impacts of chitosan addition, flocculation stirring and flocs storage time were comprehensively detected to prevent or reduce cell lysis and MCs release. Response surface method (RSM) was applied to optimize the chitosan flocculation.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFA pronounced dominance of toxic cyanobacteria has been found in eutrophic water bodies, with Microcystis being a common species. Although toxic cyanobacteria are commonly described worldwide, few recent papers on the sensitive and effective quantification of cyanobacteria have been published. In this paper, a multi-technique approach was applied by the use of cell density counting, cell viability testing, chlorophyll a determination, microcystin monitoring and gene extraction techniques to quantitatively analyse the cyanobacterial biomass of Microcystis aeruginosa FACHB-905.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFSludge dewatering is a key part of sludge disposal since it can greatly reduce the volume of sludge and thus improve the treatment effect for handling and disposing. This study investigated the potential benefits of enzymatic pretreatment on activated sludge dewatering with protease and cellulase as a protein and polysaccharide degrading enzyme, respectively. Capillary suction time (CST) and the solid content after centrifugation were used to evaluate sludge dewatering.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe effects of 2-aminophenol and 3,3',4',5-tetrachlorosalicylanilide on biomass yields were studied. The results shows that when AP is 15 mg/L and TCS is 1.2 mg/L, observed growth yields (Yobs) of the sludge are reduced by 21% and 52% with low reduction of COD removal efficiency.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFHuan Jing Ke Xue
October 2007
The dewaterability and particle size distribution of activated and digestion sludge were studied. Meanwhile, the related mechanism was explored through analyzing the extracellular polymeric substances (EPS) content and microbe characteristic of activated and digestion sludge. The dewaterability was evaluated using the capillary suction time (CST) and settling property.
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February 2008
Water blooms have become a worldwide environmental problem. Recently, algicidal bacteria have attracted wide attention as possible agents for inhibiting algal water blooms. In this study, one strain of algicidal bacterium B5 was isolated from activated sludge.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAlga-lysing bacteria have been paid much attention to in recent years. In this study, the alga-lysing strain P05 which was isolated from an immobilizing biosystem was immobilized by coke and elastic filler, forming two biological reactors. The removal efficiencies of algae, NH4(+)-N and organic matter using the two reactors were studied.
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June 2006
The degradation kinetics of strains P05 and P07 and the degradation effects of mixed strain on Microcystis aeruginosa were studied. The results showed that: (1) The degradation processes of strains P05 and P07 on Microcystis aeruginosa accorded with the first-order reaction model when the range of Chl-a concentration was from 0 to 1500 microg/L. (2) The initial bacterium densities had a strong influence on the degradation velocity.
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