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。     

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。     

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...     

Proton translocation during denitrification by a nitrifying-denitrifying Alcaligenes sp.

A heterotrophic nitrifying Alcaligenes sp. from soil was grown as a denitrifier on nitrate and subjected to oxidant pulse experiments to ascertain the apparent effeciencies of proton translocations during O₂ and nitrogen-oxide respirations. With endogenous substrate as the reducing agent the H⁺/2e^– ratios, extrapolated to zero amount of oxidant per pulse, were 9.4, 3.7, 4.3 and 3.5 for O₂, nitrate, nitrite and N₂O, respectively. The value for O₂ and those for the N-oxides are, respectively, somewhat larger and smaller than corresponding values for Paracoccus denitrificans. None of the three permeant ions employed with the Alcaligenes sp. (valinomycin-K⁺, thiocyanate and triphenylmethylphosphonium) was ideal for all purposes. Thiocyanate provided highest ratios for O₂ but abolished the oxidant pulse response for nitrate and N₂O. Valinomycin was slow to penetrate to the cytoplasmic membrane and relatively high concentrations were required for optimal performance. Triphenylmethylphosphonium enhanced passive proton permeability and diminished proton translocation at concentrations required to realize the maximal oxidant pulse response.     

产碱杆菌NX-3胞外多糖的结构与性能

一株产碱杆菌NX-3分泌的可溶性胞外多糖（PS-238）经醇析、Sevag法脱蛋白、透析、冷冻干燥得分析样品,酸水解后经TLC、GC以及化学法、IR和高碘酸氧化分析测得PS-238是由葡萄糖、甘露糖、鼠李糖和葡萄糖醛酸组成的杂多糖,糖苷键类型主要为（1→3）和（1→4）。此外考察多糖溶液粘度与剪切速率、溶液浓度、温度、酸碱度以及盐离子种类和浓度等因素之间的关系,结果表明多糖水溶液的流体特征表现为假塑型,25℃时1％的水溶液粘度可达3,300cp,耐酸碱,在pH2～13的范围内粘度稳定;耐高温,在150℃内不发生明显降解;部分盐类对PS-238的增稠性有协同效应。     

Role of heterotrophic nitrifiers and aerobic denitrifiers in simultaneous nitrification and denitrification process: a nonconventional nitrogen removal pathway in wastewater treatment

Bacterial species capable of performing both nitrification and denitrification in a single vessel under similar conditions have gained significance in the wastewater treatment scenario considering their unique character of performing the above reactions under heterotrophic and aerobic conditions respectively. Such a novel strategy often referred to as simultaneous nitrification and denitrification (SND) has a tremendous potential in dealing with various wastewaters having low C : N content, considering that the process needs very little or no external carbon source and oxygen supply thus adding to its cost-effective and environmentally friendly nature. Though like other micro-organisms, heterotrophic nitrifiers and aerobic denitrifiers convert inorganic or organic nitrogen-containing substances into harmless dinitrogen gas in the wastewater, their ecophysiological role in the global nitrogen cycle is still not fully understood. Attempts to highlight the role played by the heterotrophic nitrifiers and aerobic denitrifiers in dealing with nitrogen pollution under various environmental operating conditions will help in developing a mechanistic understanding of the SND process to address the issues faced by the traditional methods of aerobic autotrophic nitrification–anaerobic heterotrophic denitrification.     

Biosynthetic pathway of sugar nucleotides essential for welan gum production in Alcaligenes sp. CGMCC2428

Welan gum is a microbial polysaccharide produced by Alcaligenes sp. CGMCC2428 that has d-glucose, d-glucuronic acid, d-glucose, and l-rhamnose as the main structural unit. The biosynthetic pathway of sugar nucleotides essential for producing welan gum in this strain was established in the following ways: (1) the detection of the presence of several intermediates and key enzymes; (2) the analysis of the response upon addition of precursors to the culture medium; (3) the correlation of the activities between several key enzymes with the yields of welan gum. With addition of 200-μM glucose-6-phosphate and fructose-6-phosphate, the production of welan gum was improved by 18%. The activities of phosphoglucomutase, phosphomannose isomerase, UDP-glucose pyrophosphorylase, and dTDP-glucose pyrophosphorylase, correlated well with the yields of welan gum. According to these findings, the biosynthetic pathway was proposed to involve the metabolism of glucose via two discrete systems. The first involves conversion of glucose to glucose-6-phosphate, with further reactions producing glucose-1-phosphate and fructose-6-phosphate, which are metabolized to the nucleotide sugar precursors of welan gum. The second system involves metabolism of glucose to synthesize the basic structural skeleton of the cell via central metabolic pathways, including the Entner–Doudoroff pathway, the pentose phosphate pathway, and the tricarboxylic acid cycle.     

一株异养硝化-反硝化不动杆菌的分离鉴定及脱氮活性

[目的]分离筛选并鉴定一株异养硝化-反硝化细菌,并探讨其在脱氮中的作用.[方法]富集培养分离筛选微生物,通过形态观察和生理生化特征及16S rDNA鉴定细菌,定时测定其OD600研究生长曲线,正交试验研究其脱氮影响因素和最佳条件,与污水处理厂活性污泥共同作用检验其脱氮活性.[结果]分离到一株异养硝化-反硝化细菌,鉴定结果表明是一株不动杆菌,命名为Acinetobacter sp.YF14,这是已知报道的第一株进行异养硝化和好氧反硝化的不动杆菌.该菌在12 h时进入对数期,22 h时进入稳定期,45 h以后进入衰亡期.该菌能进行异养硝化,3d后氨氮和总氮的去除率可以达到92％和91％,且无硝酸盐氮和亚硝酸盐氮积累.好氧条件下该菌能进行反硝化,在硝酸盐和亚硝盐培养基中均能将氮几乎完全去除.对该菌脱氮的影响程度大小依次为转速＞接种量＞碳源＞碳氮比＞ pH.当转速为160 r/min,碳源取葡萄糖,接种量1％,碳氮比为8∶1,pH为6.5时,脱氮效果最好.该菌株可以提高活性污泥对于生活污水总氮脱除率约30％.[结论]菌YF14可以明显加强活性污泥脱氮效果,显示了良好的应用前景.     

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.     

异养硝化-好氧反硝化菌Acinetobacter johnsonii sp. N26的脱氮性能及代谢途径

【背景】水体中含氮物质的大量累积会造成水体富营养化、水生生物死亡等问题,严重威胁水生态环境,制约我国环境保护的持续发展。【目的】为去除生活污水中的含氮污染物,从羊粪堆肥中筛选出了一株具有异养硝化-好氧反硝化功能的细菌——约氏不动杆菌Acinetobacter johnsonii sp.N26,研究其脱氮性能和代谢途径。【方法】测定菌株N26在氨氮和硝态氮中的生长和脱氮曲线,通过单因素试验对其脱氮性能进行优化,通过氮平衡分析和功能基因鉴定研究其脱氮代谢途径。【结果】生长和脱氮曲线表明,菌株N26对初始浓度均为50 mg/L的氨氮和硝态氮的去除速度快、效率高,其中9 h内对氨氮的去除效率为95.5%,最大去除速率为5.330 mg/(L·h);15 h内对硝态氮的去除效率为93.6%,最大去除速率为3.147 mg/(L·h),且最终仅有少量硝酸盐、亚硝酸盐积累。脱氮性能优化结果表明,该菌株的最适氮源为氯化铵,最适碳源为丁二酸钠,最适温度为30℃,最适接种量为15%,最适p H值为8.0-9.0,最适碳氮比为15,最适转速为120 r/min,最适氮负荷≤300 mg/L (氨氮)。氮平衡...     

Effects of external carbon source and empty bed contact time on simultaneous heterotrophic and sulfur-utilizing autotrophic denitrification

The effects of external carbon source (both type and concentration) and empty bed contact time (EBCT) on denitrification efficiency during simultaneous heterotrophic and sulfur-utilizing autotrophic denitrification were evaluated. Continuous experiments were conducted with up-flow mode sulfur packed bed reactors (SPBRs) fed with nitrified leachate containing 700–900 mg/l NO₃⁻–N. The fraction of NO₃⁻–N removed by heterotrophic denitrification (HDNR_fraction) for alkalinity production to balance the alkalinity consumption by autotrophic denitrification varied with the type of external carbon source. When methanol or sodium acetate was added at HDNR_fraction values of 60 and 44%, respectively, 100% denitrification was achieved without alkalinity addition. However, glucose required a HDNR_fraction value of 70% for complete denitrification and denitrification was not complete when molasses was used at a HDNR_fraction value of 70%. The EBCT and volumetric loading rate at which 100% denitrification efficiency could be achieved were 6.76 h and 2.84 kg NO₃⁻–N/m³ day, respectively. The maximum nitrogen removal rate was 5.05 kg NO₃⁻–N/m³ day observed with 89% removal efficiency. At short HRT, a clogging problem was observed near the bottom of the SPBR with excess growth of heterotrophic denitrifiers and gas accumulation within the pores of the SPBR. This problem may be eliminated by back-washing or by separating heterotrophic denitrification from sulfur-utilizing denitrification.     

Alcaligenes faecalis kw-a biofilm for denitrification of nitrate-rich effluent

Alcaligenes faecalis kw-A selected for possessing good denitrification efficiency was used for biofilm development. The biofilm could be developed on a glass surface within 12 hr when 5%, Ix 10(8) cells/ml was used as inoculum. The microcolonies were seen in 6 hr and glycocalyx in 9 hr stage. At 24 hr the biofilm was developed fully and hence was visualised as dense mass. The biofilm protein content showed 48.5% increase in shake flask than in static condition. The exopoplymer is produced in larger amounts in biofilm as compared to the suspended cells. Also, its amount was more by 43% in the biofilm produced in shake flask condition than in static condition. The biofilm could remove 95% nitrate from nitrate-rich effluent in a bench-scale process in 36 hr. The attached growth technique demonstrated here can be utilised to study the effect of favourable as well as adverse conditions on the denitrification efficiency of a culture. The ultimate application of a denitrifying biofilm would be in attached growth or biofilm reactor.     

Intracellular L-aspartate-beta-decarboxylase of Pseudomonas sp. and Alcaligenes sp. and its immobilization

Intracellular L-aspartate-beta-decarboxylase of Pseudomonas sp. and Alcaligenes sp. was isolated, purified and characterized. The cells were destroyed by ultrasonic treatment; the enzymes were precipitated by ammonium sulfate fractionation, dialyzed and lyophylized using Biogel P-150. After gel electrophoresis homogeneous enzyme preparations were obtained. The activity of L-aspartate-beta-decarboxylase is rather high--up to 92.1 U/min/mg of protein and is maximal at pH 5.5 and at temperatures of 45-55 degrees C. The Km and Vmax values for the Pseudomonas sp. enzyme are 0.1 M and 0.33 mM/min, respectively: those for the Alcaligenes sp. enzyme are 0.15 M and 1.0 mM/min, respectively. The results of amino acid analysis suggest that the enzymes slightly differ from one another with regard to aspartic and glutamic acid, alanine, valine and isoleucine content. Immobilization of the enzymes on various carriers was performed.     

Thiosphaera pantotropha: a sulphur bacterium capable of simultaneous heterotrophic nitrification and aerobic denitrification

Thiosphaera pantotropha, a facultative anaerobe is capable of mixotrophic and heterotrophic growth on a wide range of substrates. It can oxidize reduced sulfur compounds, nitrify ammonia heterotrophically to nitrite, and reduce nitrate or nitrite to nitrogen gas irrespective of the ambient dissolved oxygen concentration.¹ The ammonia oxygenase has similarities with that of autotrophic nitrifiers (such as, light sensitivity, Mg²⁺ requirement, and NAD(P)H utilization), so has hydroxylamine oxidoreductase (cytochrome C oxidation, hydrazine inhibition) but there are some differences too (e.g., hydroxylamine inhibition of ammonia oxidation).² It is the denitrifying enzyme system expression and operation under aerobic conditions, however, which is shrouded with controversy. The typical enzyme system of the bacterium throws open interesting possibilities of its applications for wastewater treatment. T. pantotropha has been tested in mixed bacterial cultures in suspended as well as fixed film systems to treat simulated industrial and domestic wastewaters. It has also been used in a flocculating algal-bacterial system to treat synthetic fertilizer wastewater. Fixed film systems have yielded better results. High rates of simultaneous removal of organics and nitrogen have been achieved. This indicates a vast improvement over conventional treatment strategies.     

Biodegradation and metabolic pathway of sulfamethoxazole by a novel strain Acinetobacter sp.

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology - In this study, a novel strain capable of degrading sulfamethoxazole (SMX) was isolated and identified as Acinetobacter sp. The effect of influencing...     

Proposed oxidative metabolic pathway for polypropylene glycol in Sphingobium sp. strain PW-1

Polypropylene glycol (PPG)-assimilating Sphingobium sp. strain PW-1 was grown on 0.5% PPG 700. PPG and its metabolites were analyzed by MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry. An oxidized form of a terminal alcohol group appeared with each molecular species as a metabolite. Cell-free extract showed PPG dehydrogenase activity. In this way, the oxidative metabolic pathway for PPG was confirmed.     

Investigation of cadmium resistance in an Alcaligenes sp.

The mechanisms of metal resistance of a cadmium-resistant Alcaligenes sp. were studied. Growth in a defined medium was unaffected by cadmium at concentrations up to 0.1 mM, while at concentrations up to 2.5 mM, growth occurred after an extended lag phase. The increase in length of the lag phase was abolished by repeated subculturing at these higher concentrations. However, subculture in the absence of cadmium reversed the adaptation process. Plasmid DNA was not detected in adapted cells, suggesting that adaptation is not plasmid mediated. Increased sulfide production in response to cadmium was observed, although the levels were too low to account fully for cadmium resistance. Adaptation of cells to cadmium resulted in the appearance of a major new membrane protein (molecular weight, 34,500) whose presence was not dependent upon the method of membrane preparation. This protein was induced at cadmium concentrations of 0.1 mM and above, but below this level the protein was absent. The onset of growth at concentrations above 0.1 mM was coincident with the appearance of this protein, which was also induced by zinc (0.4 mM) but not by manganese or nickel. The protein was only solubilized by a sodium dodecyl sulfate-2-mercaptoethanol mixture. Similar solubility properties were shown by a second major membrane protein (molecular weight, 33,000). These two proteins proved to be similar by peptide-mapping experiments and amino acid analysis. The appearance of the 34,500-molecular-weight protein and its possible role in cadmium resistance are discussed.     

Effect of phosphoglycerate mutase deficiency on heterotrophic and autotrophic carbon metabolism of Alcaligenes eutrophus.

Mutants of Alcaligenes eutrophus were isolated on the basis of their inability to grow on succinate as the sole source of carbon and energy. The mutants also failed to grow on other gluconeogenic substrates, including pyruvate, acetate, and citrate. Simultaneously, they had lost their capability for autotrophic growth. The mutants grew, but slower than the wild type, on fructose or gluconate. Growth retardation on gluconate was more pronounced. The mutants lacked phosphoglycerate mutase activity, and spontaneous revertants of normal growth phenotype had regained the activity. The physiological characteristics of the mutants indicate the role of phosphoglycerate mutase in heterotrophic and autotrophic carbon metabolism of A. eutrophus. Although the enzyme is necessary for gluconeogenesis during heterotrophic growth on three- or four-carbon substrates, its glycolytic function is not essential for the catabolism of fructose or gluconate via the Entner-Doudoroff pathway. The enzyme is required during autotrophic growth as a catalyst in the biosynthetic route leading from glycerate 3-phosphate to pyruvate. It is suggested that the mutants accomplish the complete degradation of fructose and gluconate mutase lesion. The catabolically produced triose phosphates are converted to fructose 6-phosphate which is rechanneled into the Entner-Doudoroff pathway. This carbon recycling mechanism operates less effectively in mutant cells growing on gluconate.     

Improvement of welan gum production and redistribution of metabolic flux under pH control process in Alcaligenes sp. CGMCC2428

Batch fermentations of welan gum from Alcaligenes sp. CGMCC2428 at pH values of 5.5 ～ 7.0 were studied. Based on the kinetic analysis, a pH control process for improving welan production was developed. By maintaining the culture pH at 7.0, the process significantly improved the maximal welan concentration and productivity to reach 25.1 ± 0.65 g/L and 0.42 ± 0.003 g/L/h, respectively, compared with those in native pH processes where pH value would decrease from 7.0 to 5.1 (18.5 ± 0.72 g/L and 0.28 ± 0.002 g/L/h). This improvement may be due to the increased metabolic flux of glucose-1-phosphate to welan induced by pH control process. Furthermore, scale-up fermentation under controlled pH was implemented using 300-L fermentor. The highest welan concentration of 27.5 ± 0.97 g/L was obtained. This simplified process proved effective in industry fermentation for high welan production.