Effect of Graphene Oxide on the Ammonia Removal and Bacterial Community in a Simulated Wastewater Treatment Process
Publication: Journal of Environmental Engineering
Volume 146, Issue 9
Abstract
Potential environmental risks posed by graphene oxide (GO) should be evaluated. Wastewater treatment plants will be one of the last barriers for GO wastes. Hence, this study investigated the effects of GO on ammonia removal and bacterial community in a simulated wastewater treatment process. Reactors were fed with influents containing 0, 5, and of GO ( cycles) for 11 days. Results showed that the ammonia removal efficiency increased as the GO dose varied within in reactors after 7 days. The abundance of Firmicutes, Sphingobium, and Leuconostoc in reactors fed with GO at concentration of were significantly higher than that in control reactors, and the abundance of Sphingobium increased with the increasing concentration of GO in reactors; however, the abundance of Klebsiella decreased with the increasing concentration of GO in reactors. The results indicated that a reasonable microbial community restructured by GO might play a crucial role in promoting ammonia removal. The findings in this work help to promote the understanding of biological characteristics of GO.
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All data, models, and code generated or used during the study appear in the published article.
Acknowledgments
This work was supported by the Natural Science Foundation of Shandong Province (CN) (Nos. ZR2017BC027, and ZR2017BEM023), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 31802309, and 1160404), and Taishan Scholar Project of Shandong Province (CN) (No. tsqn201812104).
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Received: Feb 15, 2020
Accepted: Apr 24, 2020
Published online: Jun 29, 2020
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