TY - JOUR
T1 - Efficient nitrogen removal pathways and corresponding microbial evidence in tidal flow constructed wetlands for saline water treatment
AU - Zhang, Manping
AU - Sun, Shanshan
AU - Gu, Xushun
AU - Peng, Yuanyuan
AU - Yan, Pan
AU - Huang, Jung Chen
AU - He, Shengbing
AU - Bai, Xiaohui
AU - Tian, Yun
AU - Hu, Yang
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2023 Elsevier Inc.
PY - 2023/10/1
Y1 - 2023/10/1
N2 - The artificial tidal wetlands ecosystem was believed to be a useful device in treating saline water, and it played a significant part in global nitrogen cycles. However, limited information is available on nitrogen-cycling pathways and related contributions to nitrogen loss in tidal flow constructed wetlands (TF-CWs) for saline water treatment. This study operated seven experimental tidal flow constructed wetlands to remove nitrogen from saline water at salinities of 0–30‰. Stable and high NH4+-N removal efficiency (∼90.3%) was achieved, compared to 4.8–93.4% and 23.5–88.4% for nitrate and total nitrogen (TN), respectively. Microbial analyses revealed the simultaneous occurrence of anaerobic ammonium oxidation (anammox), dissimilatory nitrate reduction to ammonium (DNRA), nitrification and denitrification, contributing to nitrogen (N) loss from the mesocosms. The absolute abundances were 5.54 × 103–8.35 × 107 (nitrogen functional genes) and 5.21 × 107–7.99 × 109 copies/g (16S rRNA), while the related genera abundances ranged from 1.81% to 10.47% (nitrate reduction) and from 0.29% to 0.97% (nitrification), respectively. Quantitative response relationships showed ammonium transformation were controlled by nxrA, hzsB and amoA, and nitrate removal by nxrA, nosZ and narG. Collectively, TN transformation were determined by narG, nosZ, qnorB, nirS and hzsB through denitrification and anammox pathways. The proportion of nitrogen assimilation by plants was 6.9–23.4%. In summary, these findings would advance our understanding of quantitative molecular mechanisms in TF-CW mesocosms for treating nitrogen pollution that caused algal blooms in estuarine/coastal ecosystems worldwide.
AB - The artificial tidal wetlands ecosystem was believed to be a useful device in treating saline water, and it played a significant part in global nitrogen cycles. However, limited information is available on nitrogen-cycling pathways and related contributions to nitrogen loss in tidal flow constructed wetlands (TF-CWs) for saline water treatment. This study operated seven experimental tidal flow constructed wetlands to remove nitrogen from saline water at salinities of 0–30‰. Stable and high NH4+-N removal efficiency (∼90.3%) was achieved, compared to 4.8–93.4% and 23.5–88.4% for nitrate and total nitrogen (TN), respectively. Microbial analyses revealed the simultaneous occurrence of anaerobic ammonium oxidation (anammox), dissimilatory nitrate reduction to ammonium (DNRA), nitrification and denitrification, contributing to nitrogen (N) loss from the mesocosms. The absolute abundances were 5.54 × 103–8.35 × 107 (nitrogen functional genes) and 5.21 × 107–7.99 × 109 copies/g (16S rRNA), while the related genera abundances ranged from 1.81% to 10.47% (nitrate reduction) and from 0.29% to 0.97% (nitrification), respectively. Quantitative response relationships showed ammonium transformation were controlled by nxrA, hzsB and amoA, and nitrate removal by nxrA, nosZ and narG. Collectively, TN transformation were determined by narG, nosZ, qnorB, nirS and hzsB through denitrification and anammox pathways. The proportion of nitrogen assimilation by plants was 6.9–23.4%. In summary, these findings would advance our understanding of quantitative molecular mechanisms in TF-CW mesocosms for treating nitrogen pollution that caused algal blooms in estuarine/coastal ecosystems worldwide.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.envres.2023.116548
DO - 10.1016/j.envres.2023.116548
M3 - Article
C2 - 37414392
AN - SCOPUS:85164510989
SN - 0013-9351
VL - 234
JO - Environmental Research
JF - Environmental Research
M1 - 116548
ER -