TY - JOUR
T1 - Enhancement of nitrifying biofilm formation using selected EPS produced by heterotrophic bacteria
AU - Tsuneda, S.
AU - Park, S.
AU - Hayashi, H.
AU - Jung, J.
AU - Hirata, A.
PY - 2001
Y1 - 2001
N2 - The possibility of enhancing nitrifying biofilm formation rate with the aid of selected EPS produced by heterotrophic bacteria was investigated. When EPS production characteristics were examined for four kinds of heterotrophs isolated from a domestic wastewater treatment reactor, two strains obtained from biofilms (B1, B2) exhibited a higher polysaccharide production rate than those from suspended flocs (A1, A2). Among EPS components, the concentration of uronic acids gave a good correlation with flocculation ability, which suggests that acidic polysaccharides play a major role in bioaggregate formation. Addition of 1 g/L D-glucuronic acid as an EPS substitute enhanced the homocoagulation rate of autotrophic Nitrosomonas europaea and altered its zeta potential from ñ30.4mV to +4.3mV, which indicates a possibility that particular EPS components produced by heterotrophs are utilized as neutralising reagents for nitriying biofilm formation. Moreover, when heterotrophic isolates with Nitrobacter winogradskyi were cultured in batch with fabric supports, biofilm formed on the substratum. These exprimental results suggest the application of selected EPS for enhancing nitrifying biofilm formation.
AB - The possibility of enhancing nitrifying biofilm formation rate with the aid of selected EPS produced by heterotrophic bacteria was investigated. When EPS production characteristics were examined for four kinds of heterotrophs isolated from a domestic wastewater treatment reactor, two strains obtained from biofilms (B1, B2) exhibited a higher polysaccharide production rate than those from suspended flocs (A1, A2). Among EPS components, the concentration of uronic acids gave a good correlation with flocculation ability, which suggests that acidic polysaccharides play a major role in bioaggregate formation. Addition of 1 g/L D-glucuronic acid as an EPS substitute enhanced the homocoagulation rate of autotrophic Nitrosomonas europaea and altered its zeta potential from ñ30.4mV to +4.3mV, which indicates a possibility that particular EPS components produced by heterotrophs are utilized as neutralising reagents for nitriying biofilm formation. Moreover, when heterotrophic isolates with Nitrobacter winogradskyi were cultured in batch with fabric supports, biofilm formed on the substratum. These exprimental results suggest the application of selected EPS for enhancing nitrifying biofilm formation.
KW - Biofilm formation
KW - Carbohydrate
KW - EPS
KW - Extracellular polymeric substances
KW - Heterophic bacteria
KW - Nitrifying bacteria
KW - Uronic acids
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U2 - 10.2166/wst.2001.0374
DO - 10.2166/wst.2001.0374
M3 - Article
C2 - 11381968
AN - SCOPUS:0035001914
VL - 43
SP - 197
EP - 204
JO - Water Science and Technology
JF - Water Science and Technology
SN - 0273-1223
IS - 6
ER -