A study was conducted to clarify phylogenetic affiliations of polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA)-accumulating microorganisms in full-scale activated sludge processes. Activated sludge samples obtained from three full-scale activated sludge processes were aerobically incubated with excess acetate to increase their PHA content. The buoyant density separation method was applied to selectively collect PHA-accumulating cells, which were then analysed by the group-level FISH and the PCR-DGGE-sequencing methods, and possible PHA-accumulating microbial groups were screened. A set of oligonucleotide probes targeting the microbial groups suspected to accumulate PHA was introduced, and seven oligonucleotide probes were newly designed for this purpose. PHA accumulation of probe-positive cells was confirmed by the post-FISH PHA staining method, wherein PHA staining with Nile Blue A (NBA) was applied after FISH. As a result, the following seven bacterial groups were found to have PHA: Dechloromonas, Accumulibacter, Thauera, Zoogloea, Comamonas, Competibacter and a novel cluster in Beta-proteobacteria. Based on the results of the post-FISH PHA staining method, these seven bacterial groups were estimated to account for around four-tenths to two-thirds of total PHA-accumulating microorganisms.
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July 01 2008
PHA-accumulating microorganisms in full-scale wastewater treatment plants
Mamoru Oshiki
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1Graduate School of Frontier Science, The University of Tokyo, 5-1-5 Kashiwanoha, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8563, Japan
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Hiroyasu Satoh
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Hiroyasu Satoh
1Graduate School of Frontier Science, The University of Tokyo, 5-1-5 Kashiwanoha, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8563, Japan
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Takashi Mino
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Takashi Mino
1Graduate School of Frontier Science, The University of Tokyo, 5-1-5 Kashiwanoha, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8563, Japan
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Motoharu Onuki
Motoharu Onuki
2IR3S, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8686, Japan
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Water Sci Technol (2008) 58 (1): 13–20.
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Mamoru Oshiki, Hiroyasu Satoh, Takashi Mino, Motoharu Onuki; PHA-accumulating microorganisms in full-scale wastewater treatment plants. Water Sci Technol 1 July 2008; 58 (1): 13–20. doi: https://doi.org/10.2166/wst.2008.652
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Mamoru Oshiki, Hiroyasu Satoh, Takashi Mino, Motoharu Onuki; PHA-accumulating microorganisms in full-scale wastewater treatment plants. Water Sci Technol 1 July 2008; 58 (1): 13–20. doi: https://doi.org/10.2166/wst.2008.652
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