PMID- 23886545 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20140411 LR - 20220318 IS - 1879-2448 (Electronic) IS - 0043-1354 (Linking) VI - 47 IP - 15 DP - 2013 Oct 1 TI - Effects of ferric iron on the anaerobic treatment and microbial biodiversity in a coupled microbial electrolysis cell (MEC)--anaerobic reactor. PG - 5719-28 LID - S0043-1354(13)00559-9 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.watres.2013.06.056 [doi] AB - Adding Fe(III) into a MEC - anaerobic reactor enhanced the degradation of organic matters. To clarify the respective effects of combining Fe(III) dosage and a MEC and Fe(III) dosage only on strengthening anaerobic digestion, three anaerobic reactors were operated in parallel: a MEC - anaerobic reactor with dosing Fe(OH)3 (R1), an anaerobic reactor with dosing Fe(OH)3 (R2) and a common anaerobic reactor (R3). With increasing influent COD from 1500 to 4000 mg/L, the COD removal in R1 was maintained at 88.3% under a voltage of 0.8 V, which was higher than that in reactor R2 and R3. When the power was cut off, the COD removal in R1 decreased by 5.9%. The addition of Fe(OH)3 enhanced both anaerobic digestion and anodic oxidation, resulting in the effective mineralization of volatile fatty acids (VFAs). The reduced Fe(II) combined with electric field resulted more extracellular polymeric substances (EPS) production. Quantitative real - time PCR showed a higher abundance of bacteria in the anodic biofilm and R1. Pyrosequencing and denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (DGGE) analysis revealed that the dominant bacteria and archaea communities were richer and more abundant in the anode biofilm and R1. CI - Copyright (c) 2013 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. FAU - Zhang, Jingxin AU - Zhang J AD - Key Laboratory of Industrial Ecology and Environmental Engineering (Dalian University of Technology), Ministry of Education, School of Environmental Science and Technology, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, China. FAU - Zhang, Yaobin AU - Zhang Y FAU - Quan, Xie AU - Quan X FAU - Chen, Shuo AU - Chen S LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20130706 PL - England TA - Water Res JT - Water research JID - 0105072 RN - 0 (Fatty Acids, Volatile) RN - 0 (Ferric Compounds) SB - IM MH - Anaerobiosis MH - *Biodiversity MH - Biofilms/drug effects MH - Bioreactors/*microbiology MH - Electrolysis/*methods MH - Fatty Acids, Volatile/metabolism MH - Ferric Compounds/*pharmacology MH - Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction OTO - NOTNLM OT - Anaerobic OT - Fe(III) OT - Microbial electrolysis cell OT - Pyrosequencing EDAT- 2013/07/28 06:00 MHDA- 2014/04/12 06:00 CRDT- 2013/07/27 06:00 PHST- 2013/02/15 00:00 [received] PHST- 2013/06/25 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2013/06/27 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2013/07/27 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2013/07/28 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2014/04/12 06:00 [medline] AID - S0043-1354(13)00559-9 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.watres.2013.06.056 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Water Res. 2013 Oct 1;47(15):5719-28. doi: 10.1016/j.watres.2013.06.056. Epub 2013 Jul 6.