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Highly efficient nitrate and phosphorus removal and adsorption of tetracycline by precipitation in a chitosan/polyvinyl alcohol immobilized bioreactor

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Single denitrification using bacteria has been widely investigated, but few studies have focused on the simultaneous removal of nitrate, phosphorus. and tetracycline. Strain L2, an iron-reducing bacteria, was immobilized using chitosan/polyvinyl alcohol to simultaneously remove nitrate and phosphorus. The effects of carbon/nitrogen ratio (1:1, 1.5:1, and 2:1), initial Fe2+ concentration (0, 15, and 30 mg·L−1), and HRT (2, 4, and 6 h) were assessed in bioreactors and optimum conditions were established. Results showed that the nitrate and phosphorus removal efficiency reached 100.00% (2.697 mg·L–1·h–1) and 81.93% (1.533 mg·L–1·h–1) under the conditions of carbon/nitrogen of 2:1, Fe2+ concentration of 30 mg·L−1 and HRT of 6 h. The precipitation of bioreactor, which identified as FeOOH by XRD, had significant adsorption on tetracycline. The results of high-throughput sequencing indicated that strain L2 played a significant role in denitrification. This bioreactor provided effective method for the treatment of polluted water contaminated by nitrate, phosphorus, and tetracycline.

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Acknowledgements

This researchwork was partly supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) (No. 51678471, No. 51978556), Shaanxi Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars (No. 2019JC-31) and The Key Research and Development Program in Shaanxi Province (2018ZDXM-SF-029).

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    Jun Feng Su, Guo Qing Li, Qiong Wen, Lei Xue, Chang Lun Chen & Ting Lin Huang

  2. Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Environmental Engineering, Xi’an University of Architecture and Technology, Xi’an, 710055, China

    Jun Feng Su & Ting Lin Huang

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Su, J.F., Li, G.Q., Wen, Q. et al. Highly efficient nitrate and phosphorus removal and adsorption of tetracycline by precipitation in a chitosan/polyvinyl alcohol immobilized bioreactor. Bioprocess Biosyst Eng 43, 1761–1771 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00449-020-02365-x

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