1. Inhibition of the partial nitritation by roxithromycin and Cu(II).
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Guo, Qiong, Shi, Zhi-Jian, Xu, Jia-Li, Yang, Chen-Chen, Huang, Mei, Shi, Man-Ling, and Jin, Ren-Cun
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MACROLIDE antibiotics , *COPPER , *NITROGEN removal (Sewage purification) , *AMMONIA-oxidizing bacteria , *ANIMAL waste - Abstract
To facilitate the application of partial nitritation (PN) – anaerobic ammonium oxidation process in nitrogen removal from livestock wastewater, the inhibition of roxithromycin (ROX) and Cu(II) on the PN sludge was examined using a respirometric method. The results showed that the IC 50 of ROX and Cu(II) on PN sludge were 346 and 74.3 mg L −1 , respectively. The relative specific respiration rate (SRR) of ammonia-oxidizing bacteria (AOB) decreased from 87.4% to 17.7% with the ROX concentration increased from 0 to 500 mg L −1 . When the concentration of Cu(II) increased from 0 to 160 mg L −1 , the SRRs of AOB and nitrite-oxidizing bacteria decreased by 85.5% and 11.2%, respectively. According to the isobole plots analysis, combined suppression by ROX and Cu(II) was synergistic. Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy analyses showed that ROX exposure altered the positions of C O bonds, and the intensity of the absorption peak at 2100 cm −1 changed under Cu(II) exposure. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2016
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