Photosynthetic bacteria (PSB) are considered ideal for high COD wastewater treatment and resource recovery. This work is the first continuous-mode long-term (440 days) pilot study (240 L) by using PSB-membrane (PSB-MBR) system for such purpose. Results showed that the system started-up in 27 days for brewery wastewater and then stably operated under various temperature, initial COD and pH conditions, which showed fast start-up and strong robustness. Comparing with small-batch PSB-MBR system, the capacity of pollutants treatment degradation rate in the pilot-continuous PSB-MBR system was promoted. The operation parameters for pilot-continuous PSB-MBR system were determined as follows: light-micro aerobic, 72 h hydraulic retention time, 1200 mg L⁻¹ inoculum size and 1.0 g L⁻¹ d⁻¹ organic loading rate, 2.5 F/M. Under these conditions, the COD and NH₄⁺ in effluent were below 80 and 15 mg L⁻¹, respectively. The PSB cell production reached 483.5 mg L⁻¹ d⁻¹ with protein, polysaccharides, carotenoid, bacteriochlorophyll, and coenzyme Q10 of 420.9, 177.6, 2.53, 10.75, 38.6 mg g⁻¹, respectively, showing great potential of resource recovery from organic wastewater. In addition, the collected biomass had no acute toxicity to crucian carps. This work provides a base for the scale-up of this novel technology.

光合细菌（PSB）被认为是高COD废水处理和资源回收的理想选择。这项工作是首次使用PSB膜（PSB-MBR）系统进行的连续模式长期（440天）初步研究（240 L）。结果表明，该系统可在啤酒废水中运行27天，然后在各种温度，初始COD和pH条件下稳定运行，这显示了快速启动和强大的鲁棒性。与小批量PSB-MBR系统相比，提高了中试连续式PSB-MBR系统中污染物处理降解率的能力。中试连续式PSB-MBR系统的操作参数确定如下：轻微有氧，72小时水力停留时间，1200 mg L ^-1接种量和1.0 g L ^-1  d^-1有机物加载速率为2.5 F / M。在这些条件下，废水中的COD和NH ₄ ⁺分别低于80和15 mg L ^-1。PSB细胞产量达到483.5 mg L ^-1  d ^-1，蛋白质，多糖，类胡萝卜素，细菌叶绿素和辅酶Q10分别为420.9、177.6、2.53、10.75和38.6 mg g ^-1，显示了从有机资源回收的巨大潜力废水。此外，收集的生物质对cru鱼没有急性毒性。这项工作为扩大这项新技术提供了基础。