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Rapid Detection of Ammonia-oxidizing Bacteria in Activated Sludge Based on 16S-rRNA Gene by Using PCR and Fluorometry

  • Hikuma, Motohiko (Teikyo University of Technology and Science, Department of Bioengineering, Research Center of Biotechnology) ;
  • Nakajima, Masanori (Teikyo University of Technology and Science, Department of Bioengineering, Research Center of Biotechnology) ;
  • Hirai, Toshiaki (Teikyo University of Technology and Science, Department of Bioengineering, Research Center of Biotechnology) ;
  • Matsuoka, Hiroshi (Teikyo University of Technology and Science, Department of Bioengineering, Research Center of Biotechnology)
  • Published : 2002.09.01
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Abstract

To detect whole ammonia-oxidizing bacteria in the activated sludge, group-specific primers targeting the 16S-rRNA gene of ammonia-oxidizing bacteria were used. The electrophoresis pattern of the PCR products seemed to produce a single band of approximately 1.0 k bp for the bacteria in activated sludge and Nitrosomonas europaea. No band was observed for nitrite-oxidizer Nitrobacter winogradskyi and heterotrophs such as Pseudomonas putida. Then direct measurement of the PCR product was made by fluorometry using the reagent Hoechist 33258, so that the fluorescent intensity was in proportional to the cell number of the sample up to 240. Total time required for the test was about 4 h including DNA extraction. The DNA fragments produced were cloned and their sequences showed high similarity to those of Nitrosomonas spp. This study showed the feasibility to detect ammonia-oxidizing bacteria and to esti-mate their population rapidly for the control of the nitrogen elimination process.

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