PMID- 33032216
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20201222
LR  - 20201222
IS  - 1879-1298 (Electronic)
IS  - 0045-6535 (Linking)
VI  - 264
IP  - Pt 1
DP  - 2021 Feb
TI  - Effect of polymeric support material on biofilm development, bacterial 
      population, and wastewater treatment performance in anaerobic fixed-film systems.
PG  - 128477
LID - S0045-6535(20)32672-2 [pii]
LID - 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2020.128477 [doi]
AB  - This study evaluated the performance of high-density polyethylene (HDPE), 
      acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS), polycarbonate (PC), polyvinylchloride 
      (PVC), polypropylene (PP), polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) and polymethyl 
      methacrylate (acrylic) when used as a support media in anaerobic attached-growth 
      wastewater treatment systems. A combination of physical and chemical (total 
      solids, protein, phosphorus, ammonia, chemical oxygen demand) methods, 
      environmental scanning electron microscopy (ESEM) and Live/Dead viability assay) 
      and genetic sequencing over a period of 81 days was used to provide an in-depth 
      understanding of the impact of different polymer materials on biofilm formation, 
      bacteria population, and wastewater treatment performance. The results showed 
      that hydrophobic polymeric materials (i.e., PP and PVDF) promoted initial cell 
      adhesion and biofilm formation (<16 days) better than the hydrophilic (i.e., ABS 
      and HDPE) polymeric materials. However, under longer-term and steady-state 
      operation (after 81 days), the hydrophilic materials demonstrated larger mature 
      biofilm quantities and better wastewater treatment performance. The sequencing 
      data showed biofilm bacterial community structures of the ABS and HDPE to be 
      significantly different compared to the other polymeric materials tested. The 
      data showed a positive correlation as well between the phyla present on the ABS 
      and HDPE and COD removal. These results suggest that the type of polymeric 
      material play an important role in biofilm development, bacterial population 
      diversity, and wastewater treatment performance for anaerobic fixed-film systems, 
      and ABS and HDPE performed better than the widely used PVC in the industry.
CI  - Copyright (c) 2020 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
FAU - Zhou, Yuren
AU  - Zhou Y
AD  - Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Carleton University, 1125 
      Colonel By Drive, Ottawa ON, K1S5B6, Canada. Electronic address: 
      yuren.zhou@carleton.ca.
FAU - Kiely, Patrick D
AU  - Kiely PD
AD  - Island Water Technologies, B-577, 23 Brook Street, Montague, PEI, C0A1R0, Canada. 
      Electronic address: pkiely@islandwatertech.com.
FAU - Kibbee, Richard
AU  - Kibbee R
AD  - Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Carleton University, 1125 
      Colonel By Drive, Ottawa ON, K1S5B6, Canada. Electronic address: 
      Richard.kibbee@carleton.ca.
FAU - Ormeci, Banu
AU  - Ormeci B
AD  - Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Carleton University, 1125 
      Colonel By Drive, Ottawa ON, K1S5B6, Canada. Electronic address: 
      banu.ormeci@carleton.ca.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20200930
PL  - England
TA  - Chemosphere
JT  - Chemosphere
JID - 0320657
RN  - 27YLU75U4W (Phosphorus)
SB  - IM
MH  - Anaerobiosis
MH  - Bacteria/genetics
MH  - *Biofilms
MH  - Bioreactors
MH  - Phosphorus
MH  - Waste Disposal, Fluid
MH  - *Water Purification
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - Attachment
OT  - Biofilm
OT  - Growth
OT  - Polymer
OT  - Support media
OT  - Wastewater
COIS- Declaration of competing interest The authors declare that they have no known 
      competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared 
      to influence the work reported in this paper.
EDAT- 2020/10/09 06:00
MHDA- 2020/12/23 06:00
CRDT- 2020/10/08 20:19
PHST- 2020/04/11 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2020/09/05 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2020/09/27 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2020/10/09 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2020/12/23 06:00 [medline]
PHST- 2020/10/08 20:19 [entrez]
AID - S0045-6535(20)32672-2 [pii]
AID - 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2020.128477 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Chemosphere. 2021 Feb;264(Pt 1):128477. doi: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2020.128477. 
      Epub 2020 Sep 30.