The change of amino acids samples under metalimnetic oxygen minimum condition: Characterization and mechanism

Abstract

The metalimnetic oxygen minimum (MOM) is a common anaerobic phenomenon that occur between 5.00 and 40.00 m of reservoirs. Amino acids (AAs) are widely found in water, but their change in MOM remain unclear. In this study, four AAs with different side chain groups were selected to explore the change of their samples and related disinfection by-products formation potential (DBPFPs) under MOM condition. The results showed that the final degradation rate of dissolved organic carbon and dissolved organic nitrogen of four AAs samples were 11.71%−59.87% and 26.50%−100.00% under MOM condition. Aspartic acid samples were the easiest to be degraded, whereas glycine samples were the opposite. While the total fluorescence intensity increased by 6.30%−113.40% for the appearance of tryptophan-like substance. The total DBPFPs of glutamic acid, arginine and aspartic acid samples were finally decreased by 4.73%, 8.00% and 98.88% (glycine sample increased by 2.30 times). Compared with the surface condition, the degradation of AAs samples and the change of DBPFPs were significantly inhibited under MOM condition. In addition, the diversities of bacterial communities were significantly reduced under MOM condition, which was very unfavorable to the degradation of AAs samples, and in turn affected the control of DBPs and deteriorated the water quality.