PMID- 37842668 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE LR - 20231020 IS - 2046-2069 (Electronic) IS - 2046-2069 (Linking) VI - 13 IP - 43 DP - 2023 Oct 11 TI - Poly(vinyl alcohol)/modified porous starch gel beads for microbial preservation and reactivation: preparation, characterization and its wastewater treatment performance. PG - 30217-30229 LID - 10.1039/d3ra05371g [doi] AB - Poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA)/modified porous starch (MPS) gel beads were prepared through in situ chemical cross-linking by incorporating with MPS, which was obtained by modifying porous starch (PS) with polyethyleneimine (PEI) and glutaraldehyde (GA). Addition of MPS could improve the storage modulus and the effective crosslinking density (v(e)) of the gel beads, and the mechanical properties were enhanced. The PVA-MPS gel beads were preserved as immobilized microbial carriers for 40 d and reactivated in wastewater. Scanning electron microscope (SEM) observations showed that the beads were highly porous and conducive for microorganism adhesion. The PVA-MPS gel beads were able to remove 97% of ammonia nitrogen and 80% of chemical oxygen demand (COD) after reactivation under all four preservation conditions. The abundance of Hydrogenophaga as denitrifying bacteria on PVA-MPS gel beads increased, with abundance of 8.44%, 5.55%, 8.90% and 9.48%, respectively. It proved that the carrier provided a partial hypoxic environment for microorganisms. CI - This journal is (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry. FAU - Lin, Shutao AU - Lin S AD - Key Laboratory of Three Gorges Reservoir Region's Eco-Environment, Ministry of Education, Chongqing University Chongqing 400045 China zhangzhicqu@cqu.edu.cn. AD - College of Environment and Ecology, Chongqing University Chongqing 400045 China wchjiang@qq.com. FAU - Chang, Ruiting AU - Chang R AD - College of Environment and Ecology, Chongqing University Chongqing 400045 China wchjiang@qq.com. FAU - Cao, Xinyu AU - Cao X AD - College of Environment and Ecology, Chongqing University Chongqing 400045 China wchjiang@qq.com. FAU - Zhang, Yongheng AU - Zhang Y AD - College of Environment and Ecology, Chongqing University Chongqing 400045 China wchjiang@qq.com. FAU - Chen, Jiabo AU - Chen J AD - College of Environment and Ecology, Chongqing University Chongqing 400045 China wchjiang@qq.com. FAU - Jiang, Wenchao AU - Jiang W AD - College of Environment and Ecology, Chongqing University Chongqing 400045 China wchjiang@qq.com. FAU - Zhang, Zhi AU - Zhang Z AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-6306-8449 AD - Key Laboratory of Three Gorges Reservoir Region's Eco-Environment, Ministry of Education, Chongqing University Chongqing 400045 China zhangzhicqu@cqu.edu.cn. AD - College of Environment and Ecology, Chongqing University Chongqing 400045 China wchjiang@qq.com. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20231013 PL - England TA - RSC Adv JT - RSC advances JID - 101581657 PMC - PMC10573856 COIS- 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- 2023/10/16 06:48 MHDA- 2023/10/16 06:49 PMCR- 2023/10/13 CRDT- 2023/10/16 04:56 PHST- 2023/08/08 00:00 [received] PHST- 2023/10/09 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2023/10/16 06:49 [medline] PHST- 2023/10/16 06:48 [pubmed] PHST- 2023/10/16 04:56 [entrez] PHST- 2023/10/13 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - d3ra05371g [pii] AID - 10.1039/d3ra05371g [doi] PST - epublish SO - RSC Adv. 2023 Oct 13;13(43):30217-30229. doi: 10.1039/d3ra05371g. eCollection 2023 Oct 11.