Investigating a mechanistic cause for activated-sludge deflocculation in response to shock loads of toxic electrophilic chemicals
It is hypothesized that a physiological bacterial stress response mechanism, called the glutathione-gated potassium efflux system, is a significant contributor to activated-sludge deflocculation caused by shock loads of toxic electrophilic chemicals. The results show significant potassium (K+) efflu...
| Publié dans: | Water environment research : a research publication of the Water Environment Federation. - 1998. - 74(2002), 3 vom: 05. Mai, Seite 306-15 |
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| Format: | Article |
| Langue: | English |
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2002
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| Accès à la collection: | Water environment research : a research publication of the Water Environment Federation |
| Sujets: | Journal Article Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S. Cations Sewage Xenobiotics Glutathione GAN16C9B8O Potassium RWP5GA015D |
| Résumé: | It is hypothesized that a physiological bacterial stress response mechanism, called the glutathione-gated potassium efflux system, is a significant contributor to activated-sludge deflocculation caused by shock loads of toxic electrophilic chemicals. The results show significant potassium (K+) efflux from activated sludge flocs to the bulk liquid in response to sublethal (concentrations less than that required to reduce the specific oxygen uptake rate by 50%) shock loads of chloro-2,4-dinitrobenzene, N-ethylmaleimide, 2,4-dinitrotoluene, benzoquinone, and cadmium in a bench-scale sequencing batch reactor system. Electrophile-induced K+ efflux was correlated with significant deflocculation, as measured by an increase in effluent volatile suspended solids. The K+ efflux occurred immediately (within minutes) after toxin addition and preceded the observed increase in effluent turbidity. The transport of other cations, including sodium, calcium, magnesium, iron, and aluminum, either to or from the floc structure, was negligible as compared with K+ efflux, and cell lysis was determined to be minimal at the chemical shock loads applied. The current results are the first to suggest that activated-sludge upset (i.e., deflocculation) may be caused by a specific protective stress response in bacteria |
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| Description: | Date Completed 22.01.2003 Date Revised 22.09.2019 published: Print Citation Status MEDLINE |
| ISSN: | 1554-7531 |