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Denitrifying sulfide removal process on high-salinity wastewaters in the presence of Halomonas sp.

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Biological conversion of sulfide, acetate, and nitrate to, respectively, elemental sulfur (S0), carbon dioxide, and nitrogen-containing gas (such as N2) at NaCl concentration of 35–70 g/L was achieved in an expanded granular sludge bed (EGSB) reactor. A C/N ratio of 1:1 was noted to achieve high sulfide removal and S0 conversion rate at high salinity. The extracellular polymeric substance (EPS) quantities were increased with NaCl concentration, being 11.4-mg/g volatile-suspended solids at 70 mg/L NaCl. The denitrifying sulfide removal (DSR) consortium incorporated Thauera sp. and Halomonas sp. as the heterotrophs and Azoarcus sp. being the autotrophs at high salinity condition. Halomonas sp. correlates with the enhanced DSR performance at high salinity.

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The research was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant No. 21307160, Natural Science Foundation of Shandong Province under Grant No. ZR2013EEQ030.

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  1. College of Chemical Engineering, China University of Petroleum, Qingdao, 266580, China

    Chunshuang Liu, Dongfeng Zhao, Wenjuan Ma & Yadong Guo

  2. State Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resource and Environment, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, 150090, China

    Aijie Wang

  3. Advanced Water Management Centre (AWMC), The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, 4072, Australia

    Qilin Wang

  4. Department of Chemical Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei, 10617, Taiwan

    Duu-Jong Lee

  5. Department of Chemical Engineering, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taipei, 10607, Taiwan

    Duu-Jong Lee

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Liu, C., Zhao, D., Ma, W. et al. Denitrifying sulfide removal process on high-salinity wastewaters in the presence of Halomonas sp.. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 100, 1421–1426 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00253-015-7039-6

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