PMID- 38081347 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20240206 LR - 20240209 IS - 1096-0953 (Electronic) IS - 0013-9351 (Linking) VI - 243 DP - 2024 Feb 15 TI - Toxic effect of copper ions on anammox in IFFAS process filled with ZVI-10 modified carriers. PG - 117893 LID - S0013-9351(23)02697-X [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.envres.2023.117893 [doi] AB - The inhibitory effects of heavy metals on anammox bacteria (AnAOB) have attracted attention worldwide. However, most are conducted in activated sludge rather than biofilm systems. The toxic effect and resistance response of anammox biofilm are not predictable from those of free-living AnAOB. Zero valent iron (ZVI) has been demonstrated to enhance anammox performance, but whether ZVI can promote AnAOB resistance to heavy metal stress remains unclear. Herein, the toxic effect of copper ions (Cu(II)) on anammox in integrated floating-film activated sludge (IFFAS) process filled with 10 wt% ZVI modified carriers (R1) was investigated. Results indicated half inhibiting concentration (IC(50)) of Cu(II) in R1 was 9.13 mg/L, which was much higher than that in R0 filled with conventional carriers made of high density polyethylene (HDPE) (3.94 mg/L). Long-term effect of Cu(II) demonstrated that Cu(II) concentrations less than 1.0 mg/L could not inhibit anammox biofilm significantly, whereas R1 performed better anammox process than R0 under the stress of 0.1-1.0 mg/L Cu(II). The ZVI modified carriers induced more extracellular polymeric substances (EPS) to trap Cu(II) to attenuate the toxicity to AnAOB. Besides, the activities of functional enzymes related to anammox (NIR and HDH), as well as heme-c contents, were always higher in R1 than R0 regardless of the Cu(II) dosage. Candidatus Kuenenia was identified as the predominant AnAOB, which had stronger resistance to Cu(II) stress compared to other genera in the IFFAS process. Metal resistance genes (MRGs) analysis identified AnAOB induced multi-responses to resist Cu(II) stress, such as the up-regulation of copC, cutA, cutC, cutF, cueR and cueO, to synthesize more proteins with functions of copper exocytosis, conjugation and oxidation. CI - Copyright (c) 2023 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. FAU - Liu, Tao AU - Liu T AD - Key Laboratory of Industrial Ecology and Environmental Engineering (Ministry of Education), School of Environmental Science and Technology, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian, 116024, China. Electronic address: taoliu@dlut.edu.cn. FAU - Li, Chaohui AU - Li C AD - Key Laboratory of Industrial Ecology and Environmental Engineering (Ministry of Education), School of Environmental Science and Technology, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian, 116024, China. FAU - Quan, Xie AU - Quan X AD - Key Laboratory of Industrial Ecology and Environmental Engineering (Ministry of Education), School of Environmental Science and Technology, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian, 116024, China. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20231210 PL - Netherlands TA - Environ Res JT - Environmental research JID - 0147621 RN - 0 (Sewage) RN - 789U1901C5 (Copper) RN - E1UOL152H7 (Iron) RN - 0 (Metals, Heavy) RN - 0 (Ions) RN - N762921K75 (Nitrogen) SB - IM MH - *Sewage/microbiology MH - Copper/toxicity MH - Iron MH - Anaerobic Ammonia Oxidation MH - *Metals, Heavy MH - Bacteria/metabolism MH - Oxidation-Reduction MH - Ions MH - Bioreactors/microbiology MH - Nitrogen/analysis OTO - NOTNLM OT - Anammox OT - Copper ions OT - MRG response OT - Resistance OT - ZVI-10 modified carrier 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- 2023/12/12 00:42 MHDA- 2024/02/06 06:42 CRDT- 2023/12/11 19:22 PHST- 2023/11/03 00:00 [received] PHST- 2023/12/06 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2023/12/06 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2024/02/06 06:42 [medline] PHST- 2023/12/12 00:42 [pubmed] PHST- 2023/12/11 19:22 [entrez] AID - S0013-9351(23)02697-X [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.envres.2023.117893 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Environ Res. 2024 Feb 15;243:117893. doi: 10.1016/j.envres.2023.117893. Epub 2023 Dec 10.