Recent advances in the structure and function of microbial community in anaerobic granular sludge.

Author: Changjie GUO ¹ ; Weigang WANG ¹ ; Yayi WANG ¹
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1. State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resources Reuse, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, China.
Publication Type:Journal Article
Keywords: anaerobic digestion; anaerobic granular sludge; microorganism; wastewater treatment
MeSH: Sewage/chemistry*; Waste Disposal, Fluid; Anaerobiosis; Microbiota; Water Purification; Bioreactors/microbiology*
From: Chinese Journal of Biotechnology 2023;39(11):4517-4533
CountryChina
Language:Chinese
Abstract: Anaerobic granular sludge (AnGS), a self-immobilized aggregate containing various functional microorganisms, is considered as a promising green process for wastewater treatment. AnGS has the advantages of high volume loading rate, simple process and low excess sludge generation, thus shows great technological and economical potentials. This review systematically summarizes the recent advances of the microbial community structure and function of anaerobic granular sludge, and discusses the factors affecting the formation and stability of anaerobic granular sludge from the perspective of microbiology. Moreover, future research directions of AnGS are prospected. This review is expected to facilitate the research and engineering application of AnGS.