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  • Title: Continuous sulfur biotransformation in an anaerobic-anoxic sequential batch reactor involving sulfate reduction and denitrifying sulfide oxidization.
    Author: Yuan Y, Bian A, Chen F, Xu X, Huang C, Chen C, Liu W, Cheng H, Chen T, Ding C, Li Z, Wang A.
    Journal: Chemosphere; 2019 Nov; 234():568-578. PubMed ID: 31229718.
    Abstract:
    The pathways and intermediates of continuous sulfur biotransformation in an anaerobic and anoxic sequential batch reactor (AA-SBR) involving sulfate reduction (SR) and denitrifying sulfide oxidization (DSO) were investigated. In the anoxic phase, DSO occurred in two sequential steps, the oxidation of sulfide (S2-) to elemental sulfur (S0) and the oxidation of S0 to sulfate (SO42-). The oxidation rate of S2- to S0 was 3.31 times faster than that of S0 to SO42-, resulting in the accumulation of S0 as a desired intermediate under S2--S/NO3--N ratio (molar ratio) of 0.9:1. Although, approximately 60% of generated S0 suspended in the effluent, about 40% of S0 retained in the sludge, which could be further oxidized or reduced in anoxic or anaerobic phase. In anoxic, S0 was subsequently oxidized to SO42- under S2--S/NO3--N ratio of 0.5:1. In anaerobic, S0 coexist with SO42- (in fresh wastewater) were simultaneously reduced to S2-, and the reduction rate of SO42- to S2- was 3.17 times faster than that of S0 to S2-, resulting in a higher production of S0 in subsequent anoxic phase. Microbial community analysis indicated that SO42-/S0-reducing bacteria (e.g. Desulfomicrobium and Desulfuromonas) and S2-/S0-oxidizing bacteria (e.g. Paracoccus and Thermothrix) co-participated in continuous sulfur biotransformation in the AA-SBR. A conceptual model was established to describe these main processes and key intermediates. The research offers a new insight into the reaction processes optimization for S0 recovery and simultaneous removal of SO42- and NO3- in an AA-SBR.
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