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Towards a Numerical Model of Bacterial Filtration in Fibrous Filters

Jakub M. Gac Leon Gradoń
Chemical and Process Engineering | 2015 | No 1 March | 89-99 | DOI: 10.1515/cpe-2015-0007
Keywords bacterial filtration filtration efficiency nonstationary filtration biofilm formation
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A model of bacterial filtration on fibrous filter media is developed. The single fibre efficiency as well as the efficiency of the whole filter - at the onset of the process and the evolution of those quantities - are analysed. The differences between the numerical modelling of colloidal particles and bacteria are stressed in detail. The main differences are the active motion ability of bacteria and biofilm formation. The parameters of the model were identified based on the literature data.

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Jakub M. Gac
Leon Gradoń

Microbial community of the initial stage of biologically active carbon filters’ work and its role in organic matter removal from water

Beata Mądrecka-Witkowska Małgorzata Komorowska-Kaufman Alina Pruss Dorota Holc Artur Trzebny Miroslawa Dabert
Archives of Environmental Protection | 2023 | vol. 49 | No 3 | 64-77 | DOI: 10.24425/aep.2023.147329
Keywords biofilm formation drinking water biodegradation biologically active carbon filters PICRUSt analysis 16S rRNA-profiling
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Filtration through biologically active carbon (BAC) filters is an effective method of organic matter removal during drinking water treatment. In this study, the microbial community in the initial period of filters’ operation, as well as its role in the organic matter removal were investigated. Research was carried out in a pilot scale on two BAC filters (Filter 1 and Filter 2) which were distinguished by the type of inflowing water. It was observed that the number of heterotrophic plate count bacteria and total microbial activity were significantly higher in water samples collected from Filter 2, which received an additional load of organic matter and microorganisms. Despite the differences in the values of chemical and microbiological parameters of inflowing water, the composition of the microbiome in both filters was similar. The predominant taxon was a bacterium related to Spongiibacter sp. (Gammaproteobacteria) (>50% of relative abundance). In both filters, the efficiency of organic matter removal was at the same level, and the composition and relative frequency of predicted functional pathways related to metabolism determined using PICRUSt (Phylogenetic Investigation of Communities by Reconstruction of Unobserved States Software) at level 3 of KEGG (Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes) Orthology – were also similar. The study demonstrated that a 40-day period of filter operation after filling with virgin granular activated carbon, was sufficient to initiate biofilm development. It was proved, that during the initial stage of filter operation, microorganisms capable of biodegradation of various organic compounds, including xenobiotics like nitrotoluene, colonized the filters
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Authors and Affiliations

Beata Mądrecka-Witkowska
1
ORCID: ORCID
Małgorzata Komorowska-Kaufman
1
ORCID: ORCID
Alina Pruss
1
ORCID: ORCID
Dorota Holc
1
ORCID: ORCID
Artur Trzebny
2
ORCID: ORCID
Miroslawa Dabert
2
ORCID: ORCID
  1. Poznan University of Technology, Institute of Environmental Engineering and Building Installations, Poznań, Poland
  2. Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, Faculty of Biology, Poznań, Poland

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