Innovative method of culturing bdelloid rotifers for the application of wastewater biological treatment

• An innovative method of culturing bdelloid rotifer fed on flour was proposed. • Rotifer fed on flour grew faster than that fed on bacteria or Chlorella vulgaris. • The optimum mass culture conditions for rotifer fed on flour were investigated. • The cultured rotifer could improve sludge settleability in the SBR. This study aims to establish a simple and efficient method for the mass culture of bdelloid rotifers, which is the basis for the application of bdelloid rotifers as biological manipulators to improve wastewater biological treatment performance. A common bdelloid rotifer, Habrotrocha sp., in a wastewater biological treatment system was selected as the culture target. Rotifers fed on flour could reproduce faster than those fed traditional food such as Chlorella vulgaris or mixed bacteria. As a rotifer food, flour has the advantages of simple preparation, effortless preservation, and low cost compared to live Chlorella vulgaris or mixed bacteria, so it is more suitable for the mass culture of rotifers. The optimal rotifer culture conditions using flour as food were also studied. According to the experimental results, the recommended rotifer culture conditions are a flour particle size of 1 μm, a flour concentration of 6 × 10⁶ cell/mL, a temperature of 28℃, a pH level of 6.5 and salinity of 100–500 mg/L. In addition, the sludge volume index in the sequencing batch reactor (SBR) with the addition of cultured rotifers was 59.9 mL/g at the end of operation and decreased by 18.2% compared to SBR without rotifer, which indicates that the cultured rotifers still retained the function of helping to improve sludge settling. This function may be related to the rotifer’s role in inhibiting bacteria from producing loosely bound extracellular polymeric substances in the SBR.     

不同磷质量浓度对穗花狐尾藻和轮叶黑藻生长的影响

实验研究了不同质量浓度(0.02、0.1、0.2、0.4、0.8 mg·L-1)磷对穗花狐尾藻和轮叶黑藻生长状况的影响.结果显示,当磷质量浓度为0.2 mg·L-1时,是轮叶黑藻适宜生长的磷质量浓度,表现为分枝数、株高和根长均显著增加且达到最大,而穗花狐尾藻的适宜生长磷质量浓度为0.4 mg·L-1.两种沉水植物株高和根长增加量在磷质量浓度小于0.2 mg·L-1时,表现为轮叶黑藻大于穗花狐尾藻;当磷质量浓度大于0.4mg·L-1时,表现为穗花狐尾藻大于轮叶黑藻.实验结果表明,穗花狐尾藻比轮叶黑藻更能耐受高质量浓度的磷,并且两种沉水植物适宜生长的磷质量浓度都高于目前富营养化湖泊水体中的磷质量浓度,也远高于湖泊富营养化的磷质量浓度标准(0.02 mg·L-1).因此,单纯的磷质量浓度并不是富营养化水体中沉水植物退化消亡的直接原因.     

Collaborative influence of morphology tuning and RE (La,Y, and Sm) doping on photocatalytic performance of nanoceria

Environmental Science and Pollution Research - Tuning morphology and doping additional rare earth (RE) cations are potential techniques to promote the photocatalytic performance of ceria (CeO2),...