TY - JOUR
T1 - New concepts in anammox processes for wastewater nitrogen removal
T2 - Recent advances and future prospects
AU - Gonzalez-Martinez, Alejandro
AU - Muñoz-Palazon, Barbara
AU - Rodriguez-Sanchez, Alejandro
AU - Gonzalez-Lopez, Jesus
PY - 2018/3/1
Y1 - 2018/3/1
N2 - The discovering of anaerobic ammonium oxidation (anammox) process led to the development of autotrophic nitrogen removal systems for the treatment of effluents with low C:N rate. The anammox processes provide an efficient way to remove high concentrations of ammonium compounds from industrial and urban wastewater and covert them to dinitrogen. Nevertheless, recently obtained results suggest new ways for research on autotrophic nitrogen removal system including possibility for low temperature operation, adaptation to high organic matter loads and antibiotics inhibition effect. For these reasons, the prevalence and spatial distribution of anammox communities in autotrophic nitrogen removal wastewater treatment technologies, as well as their role in formation of fixed biofilms, are reviewed here in order to illustrate the present and future significance of these microorganisms in environmental biotechnology.
AB - The discovering of anaerobic ammonium oxidation (anammox) process led to the development of autotrophic nitrogen removal systems for the treatment of effluents with low C:N rate. The anammox processes provide an efficient way to remove high concentrations of ammonium compounds from industrial and urban wastewater and covert them to dinitrogen. Nevertheless, recently obtained results suggest new ways for research on autotrophic nitrogen removal system including possibility for low temperature operation, adaptation to high organic matter loads and antibiotics inhibition effect. For these reasons, the prevalence and spatial distribution of anammox communities in autotrophic nitrogen removal wastewater treatment technologies, as well as their role in formation of fixed biofilms, are reviewed here in order to illustrate the present and future significance of these microorganisms in environmental biotechnology.
KW - Anammox bacteria
KW - Antibiotics
KW - Autotrophic nitrogen removal
KW - Fixed biofilms
KW - Nitrogen cycle
KW - Organic load
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85050191211&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1093/femsle/fny031
DO - 10.1093/femsle/fny031
M3 - Short survey
AN - SCOPUS:85050191211
VL - 365
SP - 1
EP - 10
JO - FEMS Microbiology Letters
JF - FEMS Microbiology Letters
SN - 0378-1097
IS - 6
M1 - fny031
ER -