Biotechnology Bulletin ›› 2021, Vol. 37 ›› Issue (10): 45-56.doi: 10.13560/j.cnki.biotech.bull.1985.2020-1315

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Screening of Low-temperature Heterotrophic Nitrifying Bacteria and Their Physiological and Biochemical Characteristics

LI Zhen-yang1,2(), JIANG Run2, LIU Lin2, LI Si-qi2, WANG Xiao-hui2()   

  1. 1. Airport New City In Xixian New Area,Xi’an 712034;
    2. College of Chemical Engineering,Beijing University of Chemical Technology,Beijing 100029
  • Received:2020-10-24 Online:2021-10-26 Published:2021-11-12
  • Contact: WANG Xiao-hui E-mail:878430618@qq.com;xhwang@mail.buct.edu.cn

Abstract:

Three strains capable of low temperature heterotrophic nitrification were selected from the activated sludge of the sewage treatment station of Beijing University of Chemical Technology in winter,the sludge of rotating biological contactor of a sewage treatment plant in Jiangsu province and aerobic granular sludge in a laboratory to solve the problem of poor nitrification ability of heterotrophic nitrifying bacteria at low temperature. Applying traditional separation and purification culture technology to screen strains,and Nessler’s reagent spectrophotometric method to evaluate the heterotrophic nitrification ability,the strains were identified by morphological observation,physiological and biochemical characteristics and 16S rDNA sequencing. Orthogonal test and single factor test were designed to determine the compound ratio of bacteria and immobilization to explore the optimal conditions of heterotrophic nitrification at low temperature. Three strains with good nitrogen removal efficiency were screened at 13℃. All of them were identified as Acinetobacter sp,the optimal ratio of inoculating amount of three strains was 1:1:1. After immobilization,when the carbon source was sodium citrate,the concentration of pH was 8,the concentration of NH4+-N was 50 mg/L,and the concentration of NaCl was 10-20 g/L,the removal efficiency of ammonia nitrogen reached 95.86%. The bacterial agent presents high tolerance to high ammonia nitrogen and high salinity wastewater,and thus has a broad application prospect in the field of low temperature wastewater treatment.

Key words: low temperature heterotrophic nitrification, separation and identification, nitrification