Anammox bacteria in treating ammonium rich wastewater: Recent perspective and appraisal

Weralupitiya C 1 , Wanigatunge R 2 , Joseph S 3 , Athapattu BCL 3 , Lee TH 4 , Kumar Biswas J 5 Show all authors , Ginige MP 6 , Shiung Lam S 7 , Senthil Kumar P 8 , Vithanage M 9

Affiliations 

  • 1 Ecosphere Resilience Research Centre, Faculty of Applied Sciences, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Nugegoda, Sri Lanka; Department of Plant and Molecular Biology, University of Kelaniya, Kelaniya, Sri Lanka
  • 2 Department of Plant and Molecular Biology, University of Kelaniya, Kelaniya, Sri Lanka
  • 3 Department of Civil Engineering, The Open University of Sri Lanka, Nawala, Sri Lanka
  • 4 Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Pusan National University, Busan, South Korea
  • 5 Department of Ecological Studies, and International Centre for Ecological Engineering, University of Kalyani, Kalyani, Nadia 741235, West Bengal, India
  • 6 CSIRO Land and Water, Floreat, Western Australia 6014, Australia
  • 7 Pyrolysis Technology Research Group, Higher Institution Centre of Excellence (HICoE), Institute of Tropical Aquaculture and Fisheries (AKUATROP), Universiti Malaysia Terengganu, 21030 Kuala Nerus, Terengganu, Malaysia
  • 8 Department of Chemical Engineering, Sri Sivasubramaniya Nadar College of Engineering, Chennai 603110, India
  • 9 Ecosphere Resilience Research Centre, Faculty of Applied Sciences, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Nugegoda, Sri Lanka. Electronic address: meththika@sjp.ac.lk
Bioresour Technol, 2021 Aug;334:125240.
PMID: 33964811 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2021.125240

Abstract

The discovery of anammox process has provided eco-friendly and low-cost means of treating ammonia rich wastewater with remarkable efficiency. Furthermore, recent studies have shown that the possibility of operating the anammox process under low temperatures and high organic matter contents broadening the application of the anammox process. However, short doubling time and extensive levels of sensitivity towards nutrients and environmental alterations such as salinity and temperature are the limitations in practical applications of the anammox process. This review article provides the recent yet comprehensive viewpoint on anammox bacteria and the key perspectives in applying them as an efficient strategy for wastewater treatment.

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