Effects of an external magnetic field on microbial functional genes and metabolism of activated sludge based on metagenomic sequencing.

ABSTRACT: This study explored the effect of 70-mT magnetic field on wastewater treatment capacity for activated sludge in long-term laboratory-scale experiments. Metagenomic sequencing were conducted based on Illumina HiSeq 2000 platform after DNA extraction of the activated sludge. Then the effect of the magnetic field on the microbial unigene and metabolic pathways in activated sludge was investigated. As a result, higher pollutant removal was observed at 70 mT, with which the elimination of total nitrogen (TN) was the most effective. Functional genes annotated based on eggNOG database showed that unigenes related to information storage and processing were enhanced by the magnetic field. For CAZy classification, category such as glycosyl transferases was more abundant in the reactor with magnetic

SUBMITTER: Geng S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7264255 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature