Antifungal effect of a heterotrophic nitrifier Alcaligenes faecalis

Alcaligenes faecalis suppressed the growth of 11 strains of fungal plant pathogens in vitro. When it was cultivated on a synthetic medium containing (NH4)2 SO4 as the sole nitrogen source, NH2OH, NO2- and NO3- were produced, indicating that heterotrophic nitrification was occurring. The suppressive effect of A. faecalis on plant pathogens was due to its NH2OH produced. © Rapid Science Ltd. 1998     

一株高效异养硝化菌的选育、鉴定及其硝化条件

【目的】针对现阶段异养硝化菌硝化速率较低的问题,选育更高效的异养硝化菌,进而鉴定该菌株的种属,了解其硝化特性和硝化条件。【方法】分别从污水处理厂活性污泥、化肥厂土壤以及农田土壤中取样,以柠檬酸钠为碳源,NH4Cl为氮源,采用污泥驯化、驯化过程中驯化液连续梯度稀释、平板划线分离及颜色指示剂快速硝化效果检测等步骤,筛得一株高效的异养硝化菌。经生理生化和16SrDNA序列的系统发育分析鉴定其种属;将该菌接入人工氨氮废水,定时检测水中含氮化合物的变化,了解其硝化特性;通过改变培养基碳源、溶氧量、C/N比、温度和pH考察其硝化条件。【结果】获得的高效异养硝化菌为革兰氏阴性杆菌,不利用葡萄糖发酵,氧化酶、接触酶阳性,不产吲哚,能由有机酸盐产碱;其与产碱菌属菌株Alcaligenessp.ES-SDK-3的16SrDNA同源性高达99.7%。用该菌株处理初始氨氮浓度为182.30mg/L的废水,30h后氨氮去除率为99.8%,指数期平均氨氮去除速率为9.61mg-N/L/h,其在硝化过程中几乎没有亚硝酸盐氮和硝酸盐氮产生;最佳碳源为柠檬酸钠;高的溶氧量和高的C/N比有利于其降解氨氮,当C/N比为12时即可达到较好的效果;该菌株在温度为30℃-35℃,pH为5.0-9.0范围内均能较彻底地降解氨氮。【结论】该菌株为产碱菌属,命名为Alcaligenessp.HN-S;其在硝化速率与处理的氨氮浓度方面均高于目前国内外筛出的大多数异养硝化菌;通过考察其硝化条件,为其走向实际污水脱氮工艺提供了依据。     

Nitrification in histosols: a potential role for the heterotrophic nitrifier.

Insufficient populations of Nitrosomonas and Nitrobacter were found in a Pahokee muck soil (Lithic medidaprit) to account for the nitrate concentration observed. To determine if heterotrophic nitrifiers could account for some of this discrepancy, a method was developed to measure the levels of heterotrophic nitrifiers in soil. A population of 4.1 X 10(5) Arthrobacter per g of dry fallow soil, capable of producing nitrite and/or nitrate from reduced nitrogenous compounds, was observed. Amendment of the much with 0.5% (wt/wt) sodium acetate and 0.1% (wt/wt) ammonium-nitrogen as ammonium sulfate (final concentrations) not only resulted in the usual increase in autotrophic nitrifiers, but also in a fourfold increase in the heterotrophic nitrifying Arrthrobacter. Amendment of like samples with N-Serve [2-chloro-6(trichloromethyl) pyridinel] prevented the increase in Nitrosomonas, but not that in the heterotrophic nitrifiers. Nitrate production in the presence of the inhibitor was diminished but not prevented. An Arthrobacter sp., isolated from the muck, produced nitrite when inoculated at high densities into sterile soil, unamended or amended with sodium acetate and/or ammomium sulfate. These data suggest that the heterotrophic population may be responsible for some of the nitrate produced in these Histosols.     

A comparison of NO and N2O production by the autotrophic nitrifier Nitrosomonas europaea and the heterotrophic nitrifier Alcaligenes faecalis.

Soil microorganisms are important sources of the nitrogen trace gases NO and N2O for the atmosphere. Present evidence suggests that autotrophic nitrifiers such as Nitrosomonas europaea are the primary producers of NO and N2O in aerobic soils, whereas denitrifiers such as Pseudomonas spp. or Alcaligenes spp. are responsible for most of the NO and N2O emissions from anaerobic soils. It has been shown that Alcaligenes faecalis, a bacterium common in both soil and water, is capable of concomitant heterotrophic nitrification and denitrification. This study was undertaken to determine whether heterotrophic nitrification might be as important a source of NO and N2O as autotrophic nitrification. We compared the responses of N. europaea and A. faecalis to changes in partial O2 pressure (pO2) and to the presence of typical nitrification inhibitors. Maximal production of NO and N2O occurred at low pO2 values in cultures of both N. europaea (pO2, 0.3 kPa) and A. faecalis (pO2, 2 to 4 kPa). With N. europaea most of the NH4+ oxidized was converted to NO2-, with NO and N2O accounting for 2.6 and 1% of the end product, respectively. With A. faecalis maximal production of NO occurred at a pO2 of 2 kPa, and maximal production of N2O occurred at a pO2 of 4 kPa. At these low pO2 values there was net nitrite consumption. Aerobically, A. faecalis produced approximately the same amount of NO but 10-fold more N2O per cell than N. europaea did. Typical nitrification inhibitors were far less effective for reducing emissions of NO and N2O by A. faecalis than for reducing emissions of NO and N2O by N. europaea.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)     

Aerobic denitrification by a newly isolated heterotrophic bacterium strain TL1

A bacterial strain which eliminates NH 3 by aerobic nitrification/heterotrophic denitrification below a pO of 30 % saturation was enriched in continuous culture from the nitrification step of a leachate-treatment plant and isolated as pure culture. The strain uses acetate, propionate, butyrate, and ethanol as carbon sources and belongs to the -subgroup of proteobacteria. Reaction parameters for deammonification and substrate utilization were determined.     

Nitrosospira spp. can produce nitrous oxide via a nitrifier denitrification pathway

Nitrous oxide (N(2)O) emission from soils is a major contributor to the atmospheric loading of this potent greenhouse gas. It is thought that autotrophic ammonia oxidizing bacteria (AOB) are a significant source of soil-derived N(2)O and a denitrification pathway (i.e. reduction of NO(2) (-) to NO and N(2)O), so-called nitrifier denitrification, has been demonstrated as a N(2)O production mechanism in Nitrosomonas europaea. It is thought that Nitrosospira spp. are the dominant AOB in soil, but little information is available on their ability to produce N(2)O or on the existence of a nitrifier denitrification pathway in this lineage. This study aims to characterize N(2)O production and nitrifier denitrification in seven strains of AOB representative of clusters 0, 2 and 3 in the cultured Nitrosospira lineage. Nitrosomonas europaea ATCC 19718 and ATCC 25978 were analysed for comparison. The aerobically incubated test strains produced significant (P < 0.001) amounts of N(2)O and total N(2)O production rates ranged from 2.0 amol cell(-1) h(-1), in Nitrosospira tenuis strain NV12, to 58.0 amol cell(-1) h(-1), in N. europaea ATCC 19718. Nitrosomonas europaea ATCC 19718 was atypical in that it produced four times more N(2)O than the next highest producing strain. All AOB tested were able to carry out nitrifier denitrification under aerobic conditions, as determined by production of (15)N-N(2)O from applied (15)N-NO(2) (-). Up to 13.5% of the N(2)O produced was derived from the exogenously applied (15)N-NO(2) (-). The results suggest that nitrifier denitrification could be a universal trait in the betaproteobacterial AOB and its potential ecological significance is discussed.     

Aerobic denitrification in various heterotrophic nitrifiers

Various heterotrophic nitrifiers have been tested and found to also be aerobic denitrifiers. The simultaneous use of two electron acceptors (oxygen and nitrate) permits these organisms to grow more rapidly than on either single electron acceptor, but generally results in a lower yield than is obtained on oxygen, alone. One strain, formerly known as Pseudomonas denitrificans, was grown in the chemostat and shown to achieve nitrification rates of up to 44 nmol NH₃ min^–1 mg protein^–1 and denitrification rates up to 69 nmol NO _inf3 ^sup–1 min^–1 mg protein^–1.Unlike Thiosphaera pantotropha, this strain needed to induce its nitrate reductase. However, the remainder of the denitrifying pathway was constitutive and, like T. pantotropha, Ps. denitrificans probably possesses the copper nitrite reductase.     

异养硝化-好氧反硝化细菌的研究进展

异养硝化-好氧反硝化菌株的发现是对传统硝化反硝化的突破和发展。近年来由于其独特的生物学特性及其在污水处理中的巨大优势,受到众多学者的青睐。文章介绍了异养硝化-好氧反硝化菌的筛选,异养硝化-好氧反硝化代谢途径和异养硝化-好氧反硝化菌的影响因素,并总结了异养硝化-好氧反硝化菌在废水处理中的研究进展,最后展望未来研究的方向。     

A mathematical description of the behaviour of mixed chemostat cultures of an autotrophic nitrifier and a heterotrophic nitrifier/aerobic denitrifier; a comparison with experimental data

Abstract A general, unstructed mathematical model has been used to describe the behaviour of nutrient-limited growth of two bacteria in a continuous co-culture. The experimental system consisted of a two-membered mixed culture of the heterotrophic nitrifier/aerobic denitrifier, Thiosphaera pantotropha , and the autotrophic nitrifier, Nitrosomonas europaea , competing for ammonia in chemostat culture. The outcome of competition was only dependent on the Monod constants and the growth yields of the two bacteria. The model shows that both bacteria will oxidize equal amounts of ammonia when the cell ratio of T. pantotropha/N. europaea is 260.     

Pathway of oxidation of pyruvic oxime by a heterotrophic nitrifier of the genus Alcaligenes: evidence against nitroethane as an intermediate

The role of nitroethane as an intermediate in the oxidation of pyruvic oxime to nitrate by an Alcaligenes sp. was examined. Unlike pyruvic oxime, which serves as a sole source of C and N for the bacterium, nitroethane was incapable of supporting the growth of the microbe. Nitroethane was metabolized and diauxic growth did occur, however, if the nitroethane medium was amended with yeast extract. Alcaligenes sp. resting cells and cell-free extracts were prepared from nitroethane-yeast extract grown cultures and the maximum rate of nitrite synthesis when nitroethane was the substrate was 6.8 nmol min-1 mg cell protein-1, a 10-fold lower rate than that previously noted for pyruvic oxime oxidation. These cell-free extracts were unable to metabolize pyruvic oxime. Resting cells and cell-free extracts prepared from Alcaligenes sp. cells grown in a pyruvic oxime medium were, conversely, incapable of metabolizing nitroethane. Collectively, these results indicate that nitroethane is not an intermediate in the pathway of pyruvic oxime oxidation and that two separate enzyme systems exist in the Alcaligenes sp. for the metabolism of pyruvic oxime and nitroethane.     

高效净水异养硝化细菌的筛选鉴定及固定化应用研究

本研究从海参养殖水体、泥土中筛选出4株具有硝化能力的异养硝化细菌。分别将其游离菌体细胞投入海参养殖水体,测定亚硝态氮、氨氮去除率,筛选出HS．NOB2为高效净化菌株,对HS-NOB2进行16SrDNA扩增及序列测定,初步鉴定为节杆菌（Arthrobactersp．）。利用海藻酸钠包埋法对高效净化菌体细胞进行固定化,将该固定化菌投入养殖水体及人工合成污水,研究其对水体中亚硝态氮、氨氮的处理效果,并与游离菌体细胞进行比较。结果表明,固定化后亚硝态氮去除率达到49．85％,氨氮去除率达到56．58％,均明显高于游离菌体细胞。上述研究为探寻水体净化提供了新思路,为水质改良剂的实际生产提供可选菌株。     

异养硝化-好氧反硝化的研究进展

近年来,异养硝化-好氧反硝化菌的发现打破了传统硝化反硝化理论,其在去除氮素和有机污染物的同时,能够实现同时硝化反硝化(SND),因此受到广泛关注。文章介绍了异养硝化-好氧反硝化菌的影响因素和一些已筛选菌的最佳脱氮效果,及其与传统硝化反硝化菌作用酶系的不同,列出了一些已筛选菌的氮代谢途径,并对中间产物NO2--N积累和复合菌方面的研究进展进行了综述,最后提出了异养硝化-好氧反硝化在生物强化应用中的研究现状和面临的挑战。     

Removal of highly elevated nitrate from drinking water by pH-heterogenized heterotrophic denitrification facilitated with ferrous sulfide-based autotrophic denitrification

The performance of acetic acid-supported pH-heterogenized heterotrophic denitrification (HD) facilitated with ferrous sulfide-based autotrophic denitrification (AD) was investigated in upflow activated carbon-packed column reactors for reliable removal of highly elevated nitrate (42 mg NO₃-N l⁻¹) in drinking water. The use of acetic acid as substrate provided sufficient internal carbon dioxide to completely eliminate the need of external pH adjustment for HD, but simultaneously created vertically heterogenized pH varying from 4.8 to 7.8 in the HD reactor. After 5-week acclimation, the HD reactor developed a moderate nitrate removal capacity with about one third of nitrate removal occurring in the acidic zone (pH 4.8–6.2). To increase the treatment reliability, acetic acid-supported HD was operated under 10% carbon limitation to remove >85% of nitrate, and ferrous sulfide-based AD was supplementally operated to remove residual nitrate and formed nitrite without excess of soluble organic carbon, nitrite or sulfate in the final effluent.     

Novel approach for the ammonium removal by simultaneous heterotrophic nitrification and denitrification using a novel bacterial species co-culture

Agricultural activities lead excessive emission of ammonia nitrogen in the environment and can profoundly interfere the equilibrium of the natural ecosystems leading to their contamination. Actually, the biological purification of wastewaters is the most adopted technique thanks to its several advantages such as high performance and low energy consumption. For this reason, two novel strains of Alcaligenes sp. S84S3 and Proteus sp. S19 genus were isolated from an activated sludge and applied in the treatment of ammonium and nitrite in aqueous solution. Under the optimum operating conditions of temperature (30 °C), pH (7), carbon substrate (2 g/L of glucose) and duration of incubation time (69 h), the strain Alcaligenes sp. S84S3 could oxidize 65 % of the ammonium as high as 272.72 mg-NH₄ ⁺/L. Moreover, during 48 h, the nitrate reduction rate performed by the strain Proteus S19 was about 99 % without production of nitrite intermediate (negligible concentration). Moreover, the coculture of the strains Alcaligenes sp. S84S3 and Proteus sp. S19 could eliminate 65.83 % of the ammonium ions without production of toxic forms of nitrogen oxides during a short time of incubation (118 h) at the same operational conditions with providing the aeration in the first treatment phase. The coculture of our isolated strains is assumed to have a good potential for nitrification and denitrification reactions applied in the treatment of wastewater containing ammonium, nitrite and nitrate. As a result, we can consider that the mixed culture is a practical method in the treatment of high-strength ammonium wastewater with reducing of sludge production.     

海藻糖强化高盐胁迫下异养硝化-好氧反硝化菌群的代谢机制

异养硝化-好氧反硝化(heterotrophic nitrification-aerobic denitrification, HN-AD)菌是一类可在高盐环境脱氮的好氧微生物,但其工程应用效果不理想。海藻糖作为相容性溶质,通过参与调节细胞渗透压帮助微生物抵抗高盐胁迫,对提升高盐环境菌群的脱氮效率起重要作用。本研究通过启动膜曝气生物膜反应器(membrane aerobic biofilm reactor, MABR)富集HN-AD菌,设计添加150μmol/L海藻糖的C150实验组和未添加海藻糖的C0对照组,开展了外源性海藻糖对高盐胁迫下HN-AD菌群代谢的强化机制研究。反应器运行性能及群落结构分析结果显示,C150组相较C0组,NH4+-N、总氮(total nitrogen, TN)和化学需氧量(chemical oxygen demand, COD)去除率分别提高29.7%、28.0%和29.1%;以不动杆菌属(Acinetobacter)和假黄褐藻属(Pseudofulvimonas)为优势菌属的耐盐型HN-AD菌群总相对丰度在C150组达到66.8%、较C0组提高了18.2...     

N2O production from hydroxylamine oxidation and corresponding hydroxylamine oxidoreductase involved in a heterotrophic nitrifier A. faecalis strain NR

Bioprocess and Biosystems Engineering - N2O production from NH2OH oxidation involved in a heterotrophic nitrifier Alcaligenes faecalis strain NR was studied. 15N-labeling experiments showed that...