Bioresour Technol
Key Laboratory of Integrated Regulation and Resource Development on Shallow Lakes, Ministry of Education, College of Environment, Hohai University, Nanjing 210098, China.
Published: November 2019
This study aimed to explore the production of polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHA) and selection of PHA-accumulating microorganisms in bioreactors fed with rice winery wastewater at various organic loading rates (OLRs). The substrate utilization, sludge properties, PHA synthesis and microbial community structure of three sequencing batch reactors were monitored. The results show the highest PHA yield (0.23 g/g) was achieved in one of the three reactors with an OLR of 2.4 g COD/L/d, in which Zoogloea was the most dominant PHA-accumulating microorganism. To quantify the PHA production and track the population changing profiles of the PHA-accumulating microorganisms in the long-term reactor operation, the Activated Sludge Model No. 3 was modified with two different heterotrophic microorganisms responding differently with the same substrate. The modeling results indicate that a moderate OLR (>2.4 gCOD/L/d) was beneficial for PHA production. The results are useful for understanding the PHA production from industrial wastewaters and selection of PHA-accumulating microorganisms.
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