Research Article

Dynamics of Archaeal and Bacterial Communities in Response to Variations of Hydraulic Retention Time in an Integrated Anaerobic Fluidized-Bed Membrane Bioreactor Treating Benzothiazole Wastewater

Table 1

The summary of operating conditions of IAFMBR system.

PhaseStart-upAdaptationHRT 24HRT 18HRT 12

Days (d)1–58 d (58 d)59–151 d (93 d)152–185 d (34 d)186–240 d (55 d)241–297 d (57)
Benzothiazole (mg/L)01–50505050
HRT (h)2424241812
Temperature (°C)3535353535
OLR (kg COD/m3·d)3.333.263.134.646.36