Effects of salinity and organic load on the growth of autotrophic and heterotrophic bacteria
- Received Date: 09/08/2008
- Accepted Date: 18/06/2008
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Key words:
- sequencing batch reactor (SBR) /
- salinity /
- organic loading rate /
- autotrophic bacteria /
- heterotrophic bacteria
Abstract: The growth of autotrophic and heterotrophic bacteria in aerobic granules under different salinities and organic load (OL) was studied in this work. It was found that (1) granules under a high OL (8 kg COD/(m3·d)) was more stable under the saline shock; (2) the salinity affected autotrophic nitrifying bacteria more significantly than heterotrophic in terms of COD removal efficiency;(3) under low OL (1.6 kg COD/(m3·d)), autotrophic nitrifying bacteria could predominate in granules while under high OL, heterotrophic bacteria predominated.