Microbial Ecology of Nitrifying Bacteria in Wastewater Treatment Process Examined by Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization.

2000 ◽  
Vol 90 (3) ◽  
pp. 234-240 ◽  
Author(s):  
YOSHITERU AOI ◽  
TOMOKO MIYOSHI ◽  
TOSHIYUKI OKAMOTO ◽  
SATOSHI TSUNEDA ◽  
AKIRA HIRATA ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Wastewater Treatment ◽  
In Situ Hybridization ◽  
Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization ◽  
Microbial Ecology ◽  
Treatment Process ◽  
Nitrifying Bacteria ◽  
Wastewater Treatment Process

Fluorescence in situ hybridization analysis of nitrifiers in piggery wastewater treatment reactors

2004 ◽  
Vol 49 (5-6) ◽  
pp. 333-340 ◽  
Author(s):  
D.J. Kim ◽  
T.K. Kim ◽  
E.J. Choi ◽  
W.C. Park ◽  
T.H. Kim ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Wastewater Treatment ◽  
In Situ Hybridization ◽  
Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization ◽  
Ammonia Concentration ◽  
Biofilm Reactor ◽  
Nitrifying Bacteria ◽  
Fish Analysis ◽  
Ammonia Oxidizing Bacteria ◽  
Piggery Wastewater

Fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) was performed to analyze the nitrifying microbial communities in an activated sludge reactor (ASR) and a fixed biofilm reactor (FBR) for piggery wastewater treatment. Heterotrophic oxidation and nitrification were occurring simultaneously in the ASR and the COD and nitrification efficiencies depend on the loads. In the FBR nitrification efficiency also depends on ammonium load to the reactor and nitrite was accumulated when free ammonia concentration was higher than 0.2 mg NH3-N/L. FISH analysis showed that ammonia-oxidizing bacteria (NSO1225) and denitrifying bacteria (RRP1088) were less abundant than other bacteria (EUB338) in ASR. Further analysis on nitrifying bacteria in the FBR showed that Nitrosomonas species (NSM156) and Nitrospira species (NSR1156) were the dominant ammonia-oxidizing and nitrite-oxidizing bacteria, respectively, in the piggery wastewater nitrification system.

Comparison of detection specificity of nitrifying bacteria in biofilm using fluorescence in situ hybridization and in situ fluorescent antibody methods

2003 ◽  
Vol 47 (5) ◽  
pp. 129-132
Author(s):  
N. Noda ◽  
Y. Ebie ◽  
M. Matsumura ◽  
S. Tsuneda ◽  
A. Hirata ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
In Situ Hybridization ◽  
Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization ◽  
Fluorescent Antibody ◽  
Nitrifying Bacteria ◽  
Specific Fluorescence ◽  
Antibody Method ◽  
In Situ Detection ◽  
Detection Specificity ◽  
Fluorescent Antibody Method

The in situ fluorescent antibody and fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) methods are very useful in the in situ detection of specific bacteria like nitrifiers in a biofilm. In this study, simultaneous staining using the FISH and in situ fluorescent antibody methods was examined. As a result, no specific fluorescence was observed with either method when FISH was performed followed by the in situ fluorescent antibody method; however, when the in situ fluorescent antibody method was performed first followed by FISH, specific fluorescence was observed in both cases. Moreover, it was suggested that the detection specificities of FISH and the in situ fluorescent antibody method are almost identical.

Nitrifying microbial community analysis of nitrite accumulating biofilm reactor by fluorescence in situ hybridization

2003 ◽  
Vol 47 (1) ◽  
pp. 97-104 ◽  
Author(s):  
D.W. Han ◽  
J.S. Chang ◽  
D.J. Kim
Keyword(s):  
In Situ Hybridization ◽  
Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization ◽  
Selective Inhibition ◽  
Biofilm Reactor ◽  
Microbial Community Analysis ◽  
Nitrifying Bacteria ◽  
Nitrite Accumulation ◽  
Fish Analysis ◽  
Oxidation Activity

Biological nitrogen removal via nitrite pathway in wastewater treatment is very important especially in the cost of aeration and as an electron donor for denitrification. Wastewater nitrification and nitrite accumulations were carried out in a biofilm reactor. The biofilm reactor showed almost complete nitrification and most of the oxidized ammonium was present as nitrite at the ammonium load of 1.2 kg N/m3/d. Nitrite accumulation was achieved by the selective inhibition of nitrite oxidizers by free ammonia and oxygen limitation. Nitrite oxidation activity was recovered as soon as the inhibition factor was removed. Fluorescence in situ hybridization studies of the nitrite accumulating biofilm system have shown that genus Nitrosomonas which is specifically hybridized with probe NSM156 was the dominant nitrifying bacteria while Nitrospira was less abundant than those of normal nitrification systems. Further FISH analysis showed that the combinations of Nitrosomonas and Nitrospira cells were identified as important populations of nitrifying bacteria in an autotrophic nitrifying biofilm system.

Effect of an industrial waste water on the nitrification in fixed-bed biofilm reactors - use of fluorescence in-situ hybridization (FISH)

2004 ◽  
Vol 49 (11-12) ◽  
pp. 91-97 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. Hörsch ◽  
J. Leve ◽  
F.H. Frimmel
Keyword(s):  
Waste Water ◽  
In Situ Hybridization ◽  
Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization ◽  
Industrial Waste ◽  
Waste Water Treatment ◽  
Fixed Bed ◽  
Epifluorescence Microscopy ◽  
Nitrifying Bacteria ◽  
Industrial Waste Water

The influence of an industrial waste water containing partly toxic and poorly biodegradable substances on an autotrophic biocenosis was investigated. Nitrifying bacteria were identified using fluorescently-labeled oligonucleotide probes and epifluorescence microscopy. Industrial waste water was used untreated and after ozonation to simulate the effects of indirect discharge to municipal waste water treatment plants. Results were compared to those obtained with acetate as a non-toxic and easily biodegradable substance and a mixture of acetate and pyruvate. The degradation of ammonium and the formation of nitrite and nitrate were measured and compared with the results obtained by fluorescence in-situ hybridization (FISH). The untreated waste water, containing higher amounts of refractory substances, disturbed nitrification, which was restored after reaching higher elimination of the organic substances. However, it showed only minor effects on the bacterial composition. These findings were similar to those reached by the addition of acetate and pyruvate. On the other hand, the ozonated waste water, showing higher toxicity than the untreated waste water, caused a stabilization in nitrification, but the composition of the population of ammonium-oxidizing bacteria changed significantly. In all cases, nitrite-oxidizing bacteria were only little affected both in activity and abundance.

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