Full-scale A2O biofilm system performed well for TN, TP, and NH4-N removal.
Effluent quality met Class A of Discharge Standard of Pollutants in WWTP (China).
A reddish biofilm was formed on surface of fluidized-carriers in the anaerobic tank.
Illumina sequencing revealed the microbial community of A2O biofilm system.
Proteobacteria and Bacteroidetes were dominant at phylum level in all the tanks.