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Bacteriophages of wastewater foaming-associated filamentous Gordonia reduce host levels in raw activated sludge.

ABSTRACT: Filamentous bacteria are a normal and necessary component of the activated sludge wastewater treatment process, but the overgrowth of filamentous bacteria results in foaming and bulking associated disruptions. Bacteriophages, or phages, were investigated for their potential to reduce the titer of foaming bacteria in a mixed-microbial activated sludge matrix. Foaming-associated filamentous bacteria were isolated from activated sludge of a commercial wastewater treatment plan and identified as Gordonia species by 16S rDNA sequencing. Four representative phages were isolated that target G. malaquae and two un-named Gordonia species isolates. Electron microscopy revealed the phages to be siphophages with long tails. Three of the phages--GordTnk2, Gmala1, and GordDuk1--had very similar ~76?kb genomes, with >93% DNA identity. These genomes shared limited synteny with Rhodococcus equi phage ReqiDocB7 and Gordonia phage GTE7. In contrast, the genome of phage Gsput1 was smaller (43?kb) and was not similar enough to any known phage to be placed within an established phage type. Application of these four phages at MOIs of 5-15 significantly reduced Gordonia host levels in a wastewater sludge model by approximately 10-fold as compared to non-phage treated reactors. Phage control was observed for nine days after treatment.

SUBMITTER: Liu M

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4563357 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Bacteriophages of wastewater foaming-associated filamentous Gordonia reduce host levels in raw activated sludge.

Liu Mei M Gill Jason J JJ Young Ry R Summer Elizabeth J EJ

Scientific reports 20150909

Filamentous bacteria are a normal and necessary component of the activated sludge wastewater treatment process, but the overgrowth of filamentous bacteria results in foaming and bulking associated disruptions. Bacteriophages, or phages, were investigated for their potential to reduce the titer of foaming bacteria in a mixed-microbial activated sludge matrix. Foaming-associated filamentous bacteria were isolated from activated sludge of a commercial wastewater treatment plan and identified as Gor ...[more]

PMID: 26349678

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Bacteriophages of wastewater foaming-associated filamentous Gordonia reduce host levels in raw activated sludge.

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Bacteriophages of wastewater foaming-associated filamentous Gordonia reduce host levels in raw activated sludge.

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