Enumeration of Organohalide Respirers in Municipal Wastewater Anaerobic Digesters

Enumeration of Organohalide Respirers in Municipal Wastewater Anaerobic Digesters

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Organohalide contaminants such as triclosan and triclocarban have been well documented in municipal wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs), but the degradation of these contaminants is not well understood. One possible removal mechanism is organohalide respiration by which bacteria reduce the halogenat...

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Main Authors: Bryan J.K. Smith, Melissa A. Boothe, Brice A. Fiddler, Tania M. Lozano, Russel K. Rahi, Mark J. Krzmarzick
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2015-01-01
Series:Microbiology Insights
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.4137/MBI.S31445
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Summary:Organohalide contaminants such as triclosan and triclocarban have been well documented in municipal wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs), but the degradation of these contaminants is not well understood. One possible removal mechanism is organohalide respiration by which bacteria reduce the halogenated compound. The purpose of this study was to determine the abundance of organohalide-respiring bacteria in eight WWTP anaerobic digesters. The obligate organohalide respiring Dehalococcoides mccartyi was the most abundant and averaged 3.3 × 10 7 copies of 16S rRNA genes per gram, while the Dehalobacter was much lower at 2.6 × 10 4 copies of 16S rRNA genes per gram. The genus Sulfurospirillum spp. was also detected at 1.0 × 10 7 copies of 16S rRNA genes per gram. No other known or putatively organohalide-respiring strains in the Dehalococcoidaceae family were found to be present nor were the genera Desulfitobacterium or Desulfomonile .
ISSN:1178-6361

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