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KMID : 0364820160520020166
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Korean Journal of Microbiology
2016 Volume.52 No. 2 p.166 ~ p.174
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Characterization of heterotrophic nitrification and aerobic denitrification by Alcaligenes faecalis NS13
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Jung Taeck-Kyung
Ra Chang-Six
Joh Ki-Seong
Song Hong-Gyu
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Abstract
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In order to find an efficient bacterial strain that can carry out nitrification and denitrification simultaneously, we isolated
many heterotrophic nitrifying bacteria from wastewater treatment plant. One of isolates NS13 showed high removal rate of ammonium and was identified as Alcaligenes faecalis by analysis of its 16S rDNA sequence, carbon source utilization and fatty acids composition.
This bacterium could remove over 99% of ammonium in a heterotrophic medium containing 140 mg/L of ammonium at pH 6?9, 25?37°C and 0?4% of salt concentrations within 2 days. It showed even higher ammonium removal at higher initial ammonium concentration in the medium. A. faecalis NS13 could also reduce nitrate and nitrous oxide by nitrate reductase and nitrous oxide reductase, respectively, which was confirmed by detection of nitrate reductase gene, napA, and nitrous oxide reducase gene, nosZ, by PCR. One of metabolic intermediate of denitrification, N2O was detected from headspace of bacterial culture. Based on analysis of all nitrogen compounds in the bacterial culture, 42.8% of initial nitrogen seemed to be lost as nitrogen gas, and 46.4% of nitrogen was assimilated into bacterial biomass which can be removed as sludge in treatment processes. This bacterium was speculated to perform heterotrophic nitrification and aerobic denitrification simultaneously, and may be utilized for N removal in wastewater treatment processes.
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KEYWORD
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Alcaligenes faecalis, aerobic denitrification, heterotrophic nitrification, nitrogen removal
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