• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제20권12호
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• pp.1717-1723
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• 2010

The integrated fixed-film activated sludge (IFAS) system is a variation of the activated sludge wastewater treatment process, in which hybrid suspended and attached biomass is used to treat wastewater. Although the function and performance of the IFAS system are well studied, little is known about its microbial community structure. In this study, the composition and diversity of the bacterial community of suspended and attached biomass samples were investigated in a full-scale IFAS system using a high-throughput pyrosequencing technology. Distinct bacterial community compositions were examined for each sample and appeared to be important for its features different from conventional activated sludge processes. The abundant bacterial groups were Betaproteobacteria (59.3%), Gammaproteobacteria (8.1%), Bacteroidetes (5.2%), Alphaproteobacteria (3.9%), and Actinobacteria (3.2%) in the suspended sample, whereas Actinobacteria (14.6%), Firmicutes (13.6%), Bacteroidetes (11.6%), Betaproteobacteria (9.9%), Gammaproteobacteria (9.25%), and Alphaproteobacteria (7.4%) were major bacterial groups in the attached sample. Regarding the diversity, totals of 3,034 and 1,451 operational taxonomic units were identified at the 3% cutoff for the suspended and attached samples, respectively. Rank abundance and community analyses demonstrated that most of the diversity was originated from rare species in the samples. Taken together, the information obtained in this study will be a base for further studies relating to the microbial community structure and function of the IFAS system.

• 공업화학
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• 제27권1호
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• pp.1-9
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• 2016

미세조류와 박테리아의 공배양 시스템은 두 미생물종이 공생적 관계가 있다면 한 배양기에서 BOD와 영양염류의 동시 제거가 가능하다. 이때 영양염류는 미세조류의 바이오매스 성분으로 전환된다. 이 총설은 미세조류와 박테리아의 공생적 혼합배양을 이용한 하폐수처리, 특히 질소와 인의 제거에서의 중요성과 최근의 연구동향을 살펴보았다. 미세조류는 광합성을 통해 산소를 발생시키고 박테리아는 이 산소를 전자수용체로 이용하여 유기물의 산화분해에 활용할 수 있다. 호기성 박테리아가 유기물을 산화할 때 발생되는 $CO_2$는 미세조류의 탄소원으로 섭취되어 탄소동화작용에 사용된다. 미세조류와 박테리아의 공배양은 상호 이익이 될 수도 있고 저해가 될 수도 있으므로 지속적인 영양염류 제거를 위해서는 상호 이익이 되는 공생적 관계가 필수적으로 요구된다. 이를 위해서는 하폐수처리에 사용되는 상용적인 두 미생물 종의 선택이 중요하다.

• 미생물학회지
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• 제46권2호
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• pp.169-176
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• 2010

회전접촉장치와 점감포기 생물반응조를 이용한 실험용 규모의 폐수처리 공정을 식품산업폐수를 유입수로 사용하여 5개월 동안 운전하였으며, 16S rRNA 유전자의 말단단편길이다형성(T-RFLP) 분석과 계통분류학적 분석방법으로 폐수처리 공정의 세균군집을 조사하였다. 유기물 외에 고농도의 질소와 인이 함유된 식품산업폐수를 적용하였음에도 불구하고, 안정화 기간 동안 화학적산소요구량, 총질소, 총인의 제거효율은 각각 98%, 93%, 95% 이상이었다. 가동 초기의 세균 군집과 안정화 이후의 세균군집은 뚜렷하게 구분되었으며, 안정화 기간 동안 가장 우점한 세균군집은 Bacteroidetes였다. 운전 기간중의 주요 세균 군집은 사상균으로 분류되는 Haliscomenobacter, Sphaerotilus, Candidate division TM7이었으나, 이들 사상균에 의한 슬러지 팽화 현상은 관찰할 수 없었다. Haliscomenobacter와 유연관계가 가까운 세균군집이 안정화 시기에 증가하여 최대 우점 군집이 되었다. 본 연구결과는 회전접촉장치와 점감포기 생물반응조를 이용한 폐수처리공정의 영양물질 제거에 사상균이 중요함을 제시한다.

• 한국미생물·생명공학회지
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• 제35권1호
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• pp.73-80
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• 2007

생물막 매개체를 도자기 격막으로 구획된 오수처리 반응기에 장착하고 직류 2volt의 전압을 부과하여 생물막 매개체가 산화 전위를 유지할 수 있게 유도하였다. 반면 대조실험을 위해 사용한 반응조의 생물막 매개체에는 전압을 부과하지 않았다 ABM-반응기와 CBM-반응기에서 배양시간에 따른 생물막의 구조, 생물량의 변화, 오수처리 효율 등을 측정하여 상호 차이를 비교하였다. 전자현미경으로 관찰한 ABM의 생물막은 CBM의 생물막에 비해 분산성이 크고 미생물이 과밀하게 성장하지 않았으나 CBM의 생물막은 배양 시간에 비례하여 지속적으로 성장하면서 생물막 매개체를 완전히 덮어 과밀 생물막을 형성하였다. ABM의 ORP는 CBM의 ORP 100 mV에 비해 매우 큰 차이를 보이는 800 mV를 유지하였으며, 반응액의 ORP 또한 ABM과 CBM의 영향을 받아 각각 550 mV와 400 mV를 유지하였다. ABM-반응기에서 오수처리 효율은 CBM-반응기에서 오수처리 효율의 약 2배 정도의 차이를 나타내었다. 이러한 결과로부터 생물막 매개체에 부과한 양전위의 전기 에너지는 생물막을 구성하는 미생물 과밀현상을 억제하고 매개체의 ORP를 높게 유지함으로서 미생물의 대사 활성을 촉진하고 결과적으로 오수내 함유된 유기물의 산화효율을 증가시키는 작용이 있는 것으로 확인되었다.

• Journal of Dairy Science and Biotechnology
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• 제39권1호
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• pp.1-8
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• 2021

The surroundings of livestock farms, including dairy farms, are known to be a major source of development and transmission of antibiotic-resistant bacteria. To control antibioticresistant bacteria in the livestock breeding environment, farms have installed livestock wastewater treatment facilities to treat wastewater before discharging the final effluent in nearby rivers or streams. These facilities have been known to serve as hotspots for inter-bacterial antibiotic-resistance gene transfer and extensively antibiotic-resistant bacteria, owing to the accumulation of various antibiotic-resistant bacteria from the livestock breeding environment. This review discusses antibiotic usage in livestock farming, including dairy farms, livestock wastewater treatment plants as hotspots for antibiotic resistant bacteria, and nonenteric gram-negative bacteria from wastewater treatment plants, and previous findings in literature.

• Membrane and Water Treatment
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• 제6권3호
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• pp.189-203
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• 2015

Membrane biofouling impedes wide application of membrane bioreactor (MBR) for wastewater treatment. Recently, quorum sensing (QS) mechanisms are accounted for one of major mechanisms in biofouling of MBRs. In this study, vanillin was applied to investigate reduction of biofouling in MBRs. MBR sludge was analyzed to contain QS signal molecules by cross-feeding biosensor assay and HPLC. In addition, the inhibitory activity of vanillin against bacterial quorum sensing was verified using an indicator strain CV026. The vanillin doses greater than 125 mg/L to 100 mL of MBR sludge showed 25% reduction of biofilm formed on the membrane surfaces. Two MBRs, i.e., a typical MBR as a control and an MBR with vanillin, were operated. The TMP increases of the control MBR were more rapid compared to those of the MBR with the vanillin dose of 250 mg/L. The treatment efficiencies of the two MBRs on organic removal and MLSS were maintained relatively constant. Extracellular polymeric substance concentrations measured at the end of the MBR operation were 173 mg/g biocake for the control MBR and 119 mg/g biocake for the MBR with vanillin. Vanillin shows great potential as an anti-biofouling agent for MBRs without any interference on microbial activity for wastewater treatment.

• 한국미생물학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국미생물학회 2005년도 International Meeting of the Microbiological Society of Korea
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• pp.197.2-197
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• 2005

• 환경생물
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• 제41권2호
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• pp.167-178
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• 2023

Large amounts of waste and wastewater from aquaculture have negatively impacted ecosystems. Among them, shrimp aquaculture wastewater contains large amounts of nitrogen contaminants derived from feed residues in an aerobic environment. This study isolated candidate strains from adult rockworms to treat shrimp aquaculture wastewater (SAW) in an aerobic environment. Among 87 strains isolated, 25 grew well at the same temperature as the shrimp aquaculture with excellent polymer degradation ability (>0.5 cm clear zone). Six isolates (strains AL1, AL4, AL5, AL6, LA10, and PR15) were finally selected after combining strains with excellent polymer degradation ability without antagonism. 16S rRNA sequencing analysis revealed that strains AL1, AL4, AL5, AL6, LA10, and PR15 were closely related to Bacillus paramycoides, Bacillus pumilus, Stenotrophomonas rhizophila, Bacillus paranthracis, Bacillus paranthracis, and Micrococcus luteus, respectively. When these six isolates were applied to SAW, they reached a maximum cell viability of 2.06×10⁵ CFU mL^-1. Their chemical oxygen demand (COD_Cr) and total nitrogen(TN) removal rates for 12h were 51.0% and 44.6%, respectively, when the COD_Cr/TN ratio was approximately 10.0. Considering these removal rates achieved in this study under batch conditions, these six isolates could be used for aerobic denitrification. Consequently, these six isolates from rockworms are good candidates that can be applied to the field of aquaculture wastewater treatment.

• 한국미생물·생명공학회지
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• 제47권4호
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• pp.585-595
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• 2019

Analysis of bacterial communities based on their 16S rDNA sequences revealed the predominance of Proteobacteria (Aeromonas sp., Acinetobacter sp. and Thaueraamino aromatica sp.) and uncultured bacterium in activated sludge from the effluent treatment plant (ETP) of Mother Dairy, Calcutta (India). Each isolate was used for bioremediation of dairy wastewater with simultaneous conversion of nitrogenous pollutants into ammonia. A consortium developed using seven of these isolates and three Bacillus strains from different environmental origins could reduce 93% nitrate with simultaneous production of ammonia (626 ㎍/100 ml) within 20 h in non-aerated, immobilized conditions as compared to 82% nitrate reduction producing 2.4 ㎍/100 ml ammonia in 96 h with extensive aeration in a conventional ETP. The treated ammonia-rich effluent could be used instead of freshwater and fertilizer during cultivation of mung bean with 1.6-fold increase in grain yield. The ETP with the surrounding agricultural land makes this process a zero liquid discharge technology for using the biofertilizer generated. In addition, the process requires minimal energy supporting sustained environmental health. This method is thus proposed as an alternative approach for small-scale dairy ETPs.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제20권3호
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• pp.594-601
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• 2010

Azotobacter chroococcum H23 (CECT 4435), Azotobacter vinelandii UWD, and Azotobacter vinelandii (ATCC 12837), members of the family Pseudomonadaceae, were used to evaluate their capacity to grow and accumulate polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs) using two-phase olive mill wastewater (TPOMW, alpeorujo) diluted at different concentrations as the sole carbon source. The PHAs amounts (g/l) increased clearly when the TPOMW samples were previously digested under anaerobic conditions. The MNR analysis demonstrated that the bacterial strains formed only homopolymers containing $\beta$-hydroxybutyrate, either when grown in diluted TPOMW medium or diluted anaerobically digested TPOMW medium. COD values of the diluted anaerobically digested waste were measured before and after the aerobic PHA-storing phase, and a clear reduction (72%) was recorded after 72 h of incubation. The results obtained in this study suggest the perspectives for using these bacterial strains to produce PHAs from TPOMW, and in parallel, contribute efficiently to the bioremediation of this waste. This fact seems essential if bioplastics are to become competitive products.