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TURKISH JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY-TURK BIYOKIMYA DERGISI
Volume 43, Issue 3, Pages 296-305Publisher
WALTER DE GRUYTER GMBH
DOI: 10.1515/tjb-2016-0302
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Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus; Biofilm; Membrane fouling; Wastewater treatment; Membrane bioreactor (MBR) systems
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- Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey [112Y156]
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Background: Membrane bioreactor (MBR) systems used for wastewater treatment (WWT) processes are regarded as clean technologies. Degradation capacity of the predator bacterium, Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus, was used as a cleaning strategy for reducing membrane fouling. Method: Wastewater with different sludge age and hydraulic retention time were filtered through Poly(ether) sulphone (PES) membranes using dead end reactor. Change in filtration performance after cleaning of membrane surface by B. bacteriovorus was measured by comparison of flux values. Bacterial community of the sludge was determined by 16SrRNA sequence analysis. Community profile of membrane surface was analyzed by fluorescent in situ hybridization technique. Results: After cleaning of MP005 and UP150 membranes with predator bacteria, 4.8 L/m(2).h and 2.04 L/m(2).h increase in stable flux at steady state condition was obtained as compared to the control, respectively. Aeromonas, Proteus, and Alcaligenes species were found to be dominant members of the sludge. Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus lysed pure cultures of the isolated sludge bacteria successfully. FISH analysis of the membrane surface showed that Alfa-proteobacteria are the most numerous bacteria among the biofilm community on the membrane surface. Conclusion: Results suggested that cleaning of MBR membranes with B. bacteriovorus has a potential to be used as a biological cleaning method.
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