Description of filamentous bacteria present in industrial activated sludge WWTPs by conventional and molecular methods

Conventional cultivation methods and molecular approaches were utilised to describe the filamentous bacterial population of industrial activated sludge WWTPs. In total 43 strains were isolated by micromanipulation and were affiliated with 12 different species, comprising two new species and a new ge...

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Publié dans:Water science and technology : a journal of the International Association on Water Pollution Research. - 1986. - 54(2006), 1 vom: 02., Seite 129-37
Auteur principal: Levantesi, C (Auteur)
Autres auteurs: Rossetti, S, Beimfohr, C, Thelen, K, Krooneman, J, van der Waarde, J, Tandoi, V
Format: Article
Langue:English
Publié: 2006
Accès à la collection:Water science and technology : a journal of the International Association on Water Pollution Research
Sujets:Journal Article Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DNA Primers Industrial Waste RNA, Bacterial RNA, Ribosomal, 16S Sewage
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Résumé:Conventional cultivation methods and molecular approaches were utilised to describe the filamentous bacterial population of industrial activated sludge WWTPs. In total 43 strains were isolated by micromanipulation and were affiliated with 12 different species, comprising two new species and a new genus. In particular, a new species of Microthrix, a new genus of a filamentous Alphaproteobacteria morphologically similar to Nostocoida limicola, and a new filamentous species closely related to the opportunistic pathogen Propionibacterium propionicum were obtained. Despite the high number of isolates, the cultivation approach was unable to describe the filamentous bacteria most common in industrial WWTP. A culture-independent approach, termed the cell sorting/RT-PCR method, was therefore applied to identify fastidious or non-culturable filamentous microrganisms from different industrial plants. By this method the relevant filaments were micromanipulated and their 16S rDNA genes were amplified by RT-PCR. This approach was highly efficient. In total 31 16S rRNA sequences were obtained and 16 of them were used for the design of new specific oligonucleotide probes that highlighted dominant filaments in industrial activated sludge plants
Description:Date Completed 05.12.2006
Date Revised 17.09.2019
published: Print
Citation Status MEDLINE
ISSN:0273-1223