Journal
BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY
Volume 334, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2021.125242
Keywords
Membrane bioreactor; Quorum quenching; Quorum sensing; Acyl homoserine lactone; Acinetobacter guillouiae
Funding
- Commonwealth Scholarship Commission in UK
- Newcastle University UK
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The novel QQ strain Acinetobacter guillouiae ST01 showed high activity in reducing quorum sensing in a membrane bioreactor by decreasing AHL concentrations in the sludge and biofilm. It also significantly reduced polysaccharide and protein levels, leading to a decrease in fouling rates in the MBR. These results suggest that A. guillouiae ST01 is a promising candidate for biofouling control in wastewater treatment.
A novel quorum quenching (QQ) strain, Acinetobacter guillouiae ST01, was isolated from a full-scale membrane bioreactor (MBR) and characterized for its QQ activities. Batch reactor studies at lab-scale showed that A. guillouiae ST01 exhibited higher QQ activity against acyl homoserine lactones (AHLs) with an oxo group compared to those without an oxo group. The organism was then inoculated (10%) in an MBR (Q-MBR) treating sewage over 48 days and was found to reduce quorum sensing (QS) activity by reducing AHL concentrations in the sludge and the biofilm of the Q-MBR. The concentration of polysaccharides was reduced up to 30% in both the biofilm and sludge relative to the control, whereas protein concentrations were reduced by 40% and 47% in the sludge and biofilm, respectively. The Q-MBR fouling rates were halved. These results indicate that A. guillouiae ST01 is a promising strain for biofouling reduction in MBR treating real wastewater.
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