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The removal of nutrients in sewage treatment plants can be significantly impacted by carbon limitations, especially for treating low carbon to nitrogen ratio (C/N) wastewater, which can markedly increase operational costs. Simultaneous nitrification, endogenous denitrification, and phosphorus removal combined with aerobic granular sludge (SNEDPR-AGS) has emerged as one of the optimal processes for treating low C/N wastewater owing to its high carbon utilization efficiency; however, the long-term effect of microplastics (MPs) on this system remains unclear. This study investigated the granular effect and microbial response of an SNEDPR-AGS system for treating low C/N wastewater under long-term exposure (180 d) to polyethylene terephthalate microplastics (PET-MPs). The results showed that the integrity of the AGS structure was disrupted significantly as the PET-MP concentration increased, with clear AGS cracks appearing on days 180, 124, and 74 after exposure to 1, 10, and 100 mg/L of PET-MPs, respectively. Additionally, the addition of PET-MPs also inhibited denitrification and phosphorus removal due to a decrease in the relative abundance of functional genes (napAB, nirK/ nirS, ppk1, ppk2, and ppx). Notably, both chemometric and high-throughput sequencing results indicated that the metabolic form of the system would shift from a polyphosphate-accumulating metabolism to a glycogenaccumulating metabolism. The reason may be that PET-MP stress inhibited the relative abundance of func
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JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
ISSN: 0304-3894
Year: 2024
Volume: 480
1 3 . 6 0 0
JCR@2022
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