scholarly journals Microbial Community Structure and Enumeration of Bacillus species in Activated Sludge

2017 ◽  
Vol 15 (6) ◽  
pp. 233-240 ◽  
Author(s):  
Masashi Hatamoto ◽  
Tomoyo Kaneko ◽  
Yuya Takimoto ◽  
Tsukasa Ito ◽  
Naoki Miyazato ◽  
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2000 ◽  
Vol 66 (7) ◽  
pp. 2906-2913 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nico Boon ◽  
Johan Goris ◽  
Paul De Vos ◽  
Willy Verstraete ◽  
Eva M. Top

ABSTRACT A strain identified as Comamonas testosteroni I2 was isolated from activated sludge and found to be able to mineralize 3-chloroaniline (3-CA). During the mineralization, a yellow intermediate accumulated temporarily, due to the distalmeta-cleavage of chlorocatechol. This strain was tested for its ability to clean wastewater containing 3-CA upon inoculation into activated sludge. To monitor its survival, the strain was chromosomally marked with the gfp gene and designated I2gfp. After inoculation into a lab-scale semicontinuous activated-sludge (SCAS) system, the inoculated strain maintained itself in the sludge for at least 45 days and was present in the sludge flocs. After an initial adaptation period of 6 days, complete degradation of 3-CA was obtained during 2 weeks, while no degradation at all occurred in the noninoculated control reactor. Upon further operation of the SCAS system, only 50% 3-CA removal was observed. Denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (DGGE) of 16S rRNA genes revealed a dynamic change in the microbial community structure of the activated sludge. The DGGE patterns of the noninoculated and the inoculated reactors evolved after 7 days to different clusters, which suggests an effect of strain inoculation on the microbial community structure. The results indicate that bioaugmentation, even with a strain originating from that ecosystem and able to effectively grow on a selective substrate, is not permanent and will probably require regular resupplementation.


2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Meng Yin ◽  
Yujiao Sun ◽  
Danyang Zheng ◽  
Lei Wang ◽  
Xiaohui Zhao ◽  
...  

<p>Magnetic-nanoparticle mediated isolation (MMI) is a new method for isolating active functional microbes from complex microorganisms without substrate labeling. In this study, the composition and properties of the magnetic nanoparticles (MNPs)were characterized by a number of techniques. And then the MNPs were added to activated sludge rich in ammonia nitrogen-degrading bacteria after long-term stable treatment,  another set of experiments plus urea was set as the only carbon source in the system. Compared with the group without MNPs, degradation experiment results showed that the ammonia nitrogen degradation ability of a group of MNPs was slightly improved. The high-throughput sequencing results showed that the addition of MNPs did not change the microbial community structure of activated sludge under long-term stable conditions, and that the addition of urea as a nitrogen source significantly changed the microbial community structure. RDA analysis results also showed that Comamonadaceae_unclassified and Thiobacillus absolutely dominated in situ ammonia degradation, and the change in dominant genera showed the same trend as the degradation rate of ammonia nitrogen. It has also proved that the complex flora after adding magnetic nanoparticles is more adaptable to newly introduced pollutants, using MMI to study pollutant-degrading microorganisms under in-situ conditions has a broad application prospect.</p>


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