Impacts of biostimulation and bioaugmentation on woodchip bioreactor microbiomes

Microbiology Spectrum

卷:11

Research Article

Hao Wang¹  Gary W. Feyereisen²  Ping Wang³  Carl Rosen¹  Michael J. Sadowsky^1,3  Satoshi Ishii^1,3 

[1] Department of Soil, Water, and Climate, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota, USA

[2] BioTechnology Institute, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota, USA

[3] USDA-ARS Soil and Water Management Research Unit, St. Paul, Minnesota, USA

关键词: denitrification;    woodchip bioreactor;    bioaugmentation;    biostimulation;    microbiome;   

DOI  :  10.1128/spectrum.04053-22

 received in 2022-10-06, accepted in 2023-07-26,  发布年份 2023

来源: American Society for Microbiology

【 摘 要 】

ABSTRACTWoodchip bioreactors (WBRs) are used to remove nutrients, especially nitrate, from subsurface drainage. The nitrogen removal efficiency of WBRs, however, is limited by low temperatures and the availability of labile carbon. Bioaugmentation and biostimulation are potential approaches to enhance nitrate removal of WBRs under cold conditions, but their effectiveness is still unclear. Here, we clarified the effects of bioaugmentation and biostimulation on the microbiomes and nitrate removal rates of WBRs. As a bioaugmentation treatment, we inoculated WBR-borne cold-adapted denitrifying bacteria Cellulomonas cellasea strain WB94 and Microvirgula aerodenitrificans strain BE2.4 into the WBRs located at Willmar, MN, USA. As a biostimulation treatment, acetate was added to the WBRs to promote denitrification. Woodchip samples were collected from multiple locations in each WBR before and after the treatments and used for the microbiome analysis. The 16S rRNA gene amplicon sequencing showed that the microbiomes changed by the treatments and season. The high-throughput quantitative PCR for nitrogen cycle genes revealed a higher abundance of denitrification genes at locations closer to the WBR inlet, suggesting that denitrifiers are unevenly present in WBRs. In addition, a positive relationship was identified between the abundance of M. aerodenitrificans strain BE2.4 and those of norB and nosZ in the WBRs. Based on generalized linear modeling, the abundance of norB and nosZ was shown to be useful in predicting the nitrate removal rate of WBRs. Taken together, these results suggest that the bioaugmentation and biostimulation treatments can influence denitrifier populations, thereby influencing the nitrate removal of WBRs.IMPORTANCENitrate pollution is a serious problem in agricultural areas in the U.S. Midwest and other parts of the world. Woodchip bioreactor is a promising technology that uses microbial denitrification to remove nitrate from agricultural subsurface drainage, although the reactor’s nitrate removal performance is limited under cold conditions. This study showed that the inoculation of cold-adapted denitrifiers (i.e., bioaugmentation) and the addition of labile carbon (i.e., biostimulation) can influence the microbial populations and enhance the reactor’s performance under cold conditions. This finding will help establish a strategy to mitigate nitrate pollution.

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