Journal
JOURNAL OF BIOSCIENCE AND BIOENGINEERING
Volume 125, Issue 3, Pages 339-345Publisher
SOC BIOSCIENCE BIOENGINEERING JAPAN
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiosc.2017.09.008
Keywords
Activated sludge; Enrichment; Feast-famine method; Polyhydroxyalkanoate-accumulating microorganisms; Rhodocyclales
Funding
- JSPS KAKENHI [JP24681010, JP16H03000]
- Kitasato University School of Allied Health Sciences [2016-1005]
- Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research [16H03000] Funding Source: KAKEN
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The influence of temperature and pH during enrichment on the polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) accumulation ability and composition of PHA-accumulating microorganisms (PHAAMOs) in enrichment cultures was investigated. Enrichment of PHAAMOs from activated sludge was conducted in acetate-fed sequencing batch reactors using a feast-famine regime under different temperature (20 degrees C, 28 degrees C, and 36 degrees C) and pH (controlled at 7.2 or not) conditions. PHA accumulation ability, which was evaluated in nitrogen- and phosphorus-deficient 24-h single-batch cultures, was greatly enhanced by enrichment, irrespective of the temperature and pH. Enrichment at 20 degrees C or 28 degrees C and without pH control seemed most appropriate for strong PHA accumulation. Analyses of the PHAAMO composition by the clone library method targeting phaC genes, which encode the class I and II PHA synthases, revealed that Burkholderiales were the dominant PHAAMOs in the seed sludge, while Rhodocyclales, specifically Azoarcus spp. and Thauera spp., were dominant after enrichment without pH control, showing a strong ability to accumulate PHA. The results indicated that Azoarcus spp. and Thauera spp. are key PHAAMOs in an enrichment culture based on the feast-famine method, with high PHA accumulation ability. (C) 2017, The Society for Biotechnology, Japan. All rights reserved.
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