Biofilm processing technologies were widely used for wastewater treatment due to its advantages of low cost and easy management. However, the aging biofilms inevitably decrease the purification efficiency and increase the sludge production, which limited the widely application of biofilms technologies in rural area. In this study, we proposed a novel strategy by introducing high-trophic organisms to prey on low-trophic organisms, and reduce the aged biofilms and enhance treatment efficiencies in rural wastewater treatment. The effect of three typical zooplankton (Paramecium, Daphnia, and Rotifer) supplement on the purification efficiency and biofilm properties in the contact oxidation process were investigated, and the reaction conditions were optimized by an orthogonal experiment. Under optimal conditions, the biofilms weight decreased 67.6%, the oxygen consumption rate of biofilms increased 9.4%, and wastewater treatment efficiency was obviously increased after zooplankton supplement. Microbial sequencing results demonstrated that the zooplankton optimize the contact oxidation process by altering the bacterial genera mainly Diaphorobacter, Thermomonas, Alicycliphilus and Comamonas. This research provides insight into mechanism of the zooplankton supplement in biological contact oxidation process and provides a feasible strategy for improving the rural sewage treatment technology.
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