Temperature Sensitivity and Composition of Nitrate-Reducing Microbiomes from a Full-Scale Woodchip Bioreactor Treating Agricultural Drainage Water

Microorganisms

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Arnaud Jéglot¹  Lars Elsgaard¹  Finn Plauborg¹  Kirk M. Schnorr²  Sebastian Reinhold Sørensen² 

[1] Department of Agroecology, Aarhus University, Blichers Allé 20, 8830 Tjele, Denmark;

[2] Novozymes A/S, Biologiens Vej 2, 2800 Kongens Lyngby, Denmark;

关键词: heterotrophic denitrification;    metagenomics;    psychrotolerant denitrifiers;    nitrate removal;    constructed wetland;   

DOI  :  10.3390/microorganisms9061331

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Denitrifying woodchip bioreactors (WBR), which aim to reduce nitrate (NO₃⁻) pollution from agricultural drainage water, are less efficient when cold temperatures slow down the microbial transformation processes. Conducting bioaugmentation could potentially increase the NO₃⁻ removal efficiency during these specific periods. First, it is necessary to investigate denitrifying microbial populations in these facilities and understand their temperature responses. We hypothesized that seasonal changes and subsequent adaptations of microbial populations would allow for enrichment of cold-adapted denitrifying bacterial populations with potential use for bioaugmentation. Woodchip material was sampled from an operating WBR during spring, fall, and winter and used for enrichments of denitrifiers that were characterized by studies of metagenomics and temperature dependence of NO₃⁻ depletion. The successful enrichment of psychrotolerant denitrifiers was supported by the differences in temperature response, with the apparent domination of the phylum Proteobacteria and the genus Pseudomonas. The enrichments were found to have different microbiomes’ composition and they mainly differed with native woodchip microbiomes by a lower abundance of the genus Flavobacterium. Overall, the performance and composition of the enriched denitrifying population from the WBR microbiome indicated a potential for efficient NO₃⁻ removal at cold temperatures that could be stimulated by the addition of selected cold-adapted denitrifying bacteria.

【 授权许可】

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