PMID- 33383476 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20210107 LR - 20221207 IS - 1873-2976 (Electronic) IS - 0960-8524 (Linking) VI - 322 DP - 2021 Feb TI - Total nitrogen removal in biochar amended non-aerated vertical flow constructed wetlands for secondary wastewater effluent with low C/N ratio: Microbial community structure and dissolved organic carbon release conditions. PG - 124430 LID - S0960-8524(20)31704-1 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.biortech.2020.124430 [doi] AB - Biochar was utilized to intensify constructed wetland (CW) for further organic and nitrogen removal from secondary wastewater. Four sets of non-aerated biochar amended vertical flow CW (VFCW) were developed to investigate the synergistic effects of biochar and microbes on pollutant removal. Results showed that the average COD and nitrogen removal efficiencies of VFCW1 (with 1% w/w biochar with microbe and plants) achieved 89.1 +/- 5.6% and 90.2 +/- 3.1% respectively, and their corresponding removal rates of 10.2 +/- 0.8 mg-COD/(m(3).d) and 3.57 +/- 0.3 mg-TN/(m(3).d) which were 35 and 52.3% higher than control. The biochar's dissolved organic carbon release in VFCWs indicated that water and acidic media portray the optimum conditions for nitrogen removal. The 16S RNA gene sequencing analysis indicated that in the biochar-amended VFCWs, bacterial phylum Proteobacteria (24.13-51.95%) followed by Chloroflexi (5.64-25.01%), Planctomycetes (8.48-14.43%), Acidobacteria (2.29-11.65%) were abundantly enhanced. Conclusively, incorporating biochar in non-aerated VFCWs is an efficient technique for enhancing nitrogen removal from secondary effluent. CI - Copyright (c) 2020 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. FAU - Odedishemi Ajibade, Fidelis AU - Odedishemi Ajibade F AD - Key Laboratory of Environmental Biotechnology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, PR China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, PR China; Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Federal University of Technology Akure, PMB 704, Nigeria. FAU - Wang, Hong-Cheng AU - Wang HC AD - School of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology (Shenzhen), Shenzhen 518055, PR China. FAU - Guadie, Awoke AU - Guadie A AD - Key Laboratory of Environmental Biotechnology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, PR China; Department of Biology, College of Natural Sciences, Arba Minch University, Arba Minch 21, Ethiopia. FAU - Fausat Ajibade, Temitope AU - Fausat Ajibade T AD - University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, PR China; Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Federal University of Technology Akure, PMB 704, Nigeria; Key Laboratory of Urban Pollutant Conversion, Institute of Urban Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xiamen 361021, PR China. FAU - Fang, Ying-Ke AU - Fang YK AD - Key Laboratory of Environmental Biotechnology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, PR China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, PR China. FAU - Muhammad Adeel Sharif, Hafiz AU - Muhammad Adeel Sharif H AD - Key Laboratory of Environmental Biotechnology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, PR China. FAU - Liu, Wen-Zong AU - Liu WZ AD - School of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology (Shenzhen), Shenzhen 518055, PR China. FAU - Wang, Ai-Jie AU - Wang AJ AD - Key Laboratory of Environmental Biotechnology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, PR China; School of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology (Shenzhen), Shenzhen 518055, PR China. Electronic address: ajwang@rcees.ac.cn. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20201120 PL - England TA - Bioresour Technol JT - Bioresource technology JID - 9889523 RN - 0 (Waste Water) RN - 0 (biochar) RN - 16291-96-6 (Charcoal) RN - 7440-44-0 (Carbon) RN - N762921K75 (Nitrogen) SB - IM MH - Carbon MH - Charcoal MH - Denitrification MH - *Microbiota MH - Nitrogen/analysis MH - Waste Disposal, Fluid MH - Wastewater MH - *Wetlands OTO - NOTNLM OT - Biochar OT - Constructed wetland OT - Dissolved organic carbon OT - Microbial community OT - Nitrogen EDAT- 2021/01/01 06:00 MHDA- 2021/01/08 06:00 CRDT- 2020/12/31 20:15 PHST- 2020/10/01 00:00 [received] PHST- 2020/11/15 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2020/11/16 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2021/01/01 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2021/01/08 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2020/12/31 20:15 [entrez] AID - S0960-8524(20)31704-1 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.biortech.2020.124430 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Bioresour Technol. 2021 Feb;322:124430. doi: 10.1016/j.biortech.2020.124430. Epub 2020 Nov 20.