Journal of Microbiology

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Isolation, Characterization, and Abundance of Filamentous Members of Caldilineae in Activated Sludge: Dae-No Yoon , Soo-Je Park , So-Jeong Kim , Che Ok Jeon , Jong-Chan Chae , Sung-Keun Rhee; J. Microbiol. 2010;48(3):275-283. Published online June 23, 2010; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12275-010-9366-8

Abstract: Chloroflexi are currently believed to serve as backbone forming agents in the activated sludge of wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs). In this study, we isolated and characterized filamentous bacteria in the class Caldilineae of the phylum Chloroflexi in municipal WWTPs. Diversity analysis using Chloroflexi-specific 16S rRNA gene clone libraries showed that 97% of the clones belonged to the subdivision Anaerolineae comprising the two classes Anaerolineae (95%) and Caldilineae (2%). Clones of Caldilineae were related to a thermophilic filament Caldilinea aerophila with 93% 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity. We obtained filamentous isolates classified into the class Caldilineae showing the best match to C. aerophila with 89% 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity. Isolates showed no ability to assimilate glucose or N-acetylglucosamine or to degrade biopolymers which were observed in filamentous Chloroflexi of WWTPs. The assessment of relative abundance based on quantitative PCR of the 16S rRNA gene indicated that members of the class Caldilineae comprised 12-19% of the Chloroflexi in the activated sludge. Additionally, fluorescence in situ hybridization experiments showed that diverse filamentous Caldilineae inhabit the activated sludge of municipal WWTPs. These findings yield insight into the role of filamentous mesophilic Caldilinea in stabilizing flocs of activated sludge in a wide range of WWTPs.

Tsukamurella sunchonensis sp. nov., a Bacterium Associated with Foam in Activated Sludge: Chi Nam Seong , Young Sook Kim , Keun Shik Baik , Sang Ki Choi , Min Bae Kim; J. Microbiol. 2003;41(2):83-88.

Abstract: aeration basin of an activated sludge process, was clarified by phenotypic, chemotaxonomic and phylogenetic analyses. The strain possesses wall chemotype IV, MK-9(H_0 ), as the major menaquinone, and contains saturated, monounsaturated and 10-methyl branched fatty acids. The G+C content of its DNA is 68.1 mol%. Phenotypic data and DNA relatedness to known species indicate that the strain SCNU5^T represents a new species within the genus Tsukamurella, for which we propose the name Tsukamurella sunchonensis sp. nov. The type strain of T. sunchonensis is SCNU5^T (=KCTC 9827^T ).

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