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Performance and microbial community profiles in pilot-scale biofilter for the simultaneous removal of ammonia, iron and manganese at different manganese concentrations

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To accelerate extensive application of biological manganese removal technology, a pilot-scale biofilter for ammonia, iron and manganese removal was constructed to investigate the removal performance and microbial community profiles at different manganese concentrations. When manganese in influent increased from 1 to 10 mg/L, the pollutants were completely removed. Ammonia and iron was slightly changed along the filter depth, while manganese obviously increased. In 0 m of the filter depth, the abundance of Gallionella (iron oxidizing bacteria, IOB) increased, while Crenothrix (IOB) decreased. The abundance of Gallionella (manganese oxidizing bacteria, MnOB) in 0.4 and 0.8 m increased to 16.82% and 12.37%, respectively; and Crenothrix (MnOB) in 0.8 m increased to 19.95%, but decreased to 25.08% in 0.4 m. The abundance of ammonia oxidizing bacteria (AOB, Nitrosococcus) decreased in 0.4 and 0.8 m. The biofilter presented a high ability to remove manganese, and had a broad application prospect.

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This work was kindly supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (51808062), and Department of Science and Technology of Sichuan Province (19ZDYF0150).

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  2. College of Resources and Environment, Xichang University, Xichang, 615000, People’s Republic of China

    Lichao Nengzi

  3. State Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resource and Environment, School of Municipal and Environmental Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, 150090, People’s Republic of China

    Jie Zhang

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Cheng, Q., Huang, Y., Nengzi, L. et al. Performance and microbial community profiles in pilot-scale biofilter for the simultaneous removal of ammonia, iron and manganese at different manganese concentrations. Bioprocess Biosyst Eng 42, 741–752 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00449-019-02077-x

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