Alcohol dehydrogenase expression as a biomarker of denitrification activity in activated sludge using methanol and glycerol as electron donors

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Carbon sources such as methanol and glycerol are used for enhancing denitrification at wastewater treatment plants, which are required to meet increasingly stringent effluent nitrogen limits. Consequently, dosing strategies for these compounds could benefit from the development and application of molecular activity biomarkers to infer and distinguish between methanol- or glycerol-based denitrification in activated sludge. In this study, the applicability of genes coding for methanol dehydrogenase (mdh2 and mxaF) and glycerol dehydrogenase (dhaD) as potential biomarkers of denitrification activity using these specific substrates was explored and confirmed using a two-pronged approach. First, during short-term spikes of activated sludge biomass with glycerol, the ability of dhaD mRNA concentrations to closely track nitrate depletion profiles was demonstrated. Second, a high-degree of correlation of the mRNA concentrations of mdh2, mxaF and dhaD with methanol- and glycerol-based denitrification kinetics during long-term bioreactor operation using these substrates was also shown. Based on these results, expression of mdh2, mxaF and dhaD genes are promising biomarkers of in situ denitrification activity on methanol and glycerol, respectively, in mixed-culture engineered wastewater treatment processes.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2011

Erschienen:

2011

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:13

Enthalten in:

Environmental microbiology - 13(2011), 11 vom: 06. Nov., Seite 2930-8

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Lu, Huijie [VerfasserIn]
Nuruzzaman, Farhan [VerfasserIn]
Ravindhar, Janani [VerfasserIn]
Chandran, Kartik [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Alcohol Dehydrogenase
Biomarkers
DNA, Bacterial
EC 1.1.1.1
Glycerol
Journal Article
Methanol
PDC6A3C0OX
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.
Sewage
Y4S76JWI15

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Date Completed 27.02.2012

Date Revised 01.12.2018

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1111/j.1462-2920.2011.02568.x

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM211263257