Affiliation:
1. Department of Microbiology, Anatomy, Physiology and Pharmacology La Trobe University Bundoora Vic Australia
Abstract
Abstract
The production of a stable foam on the surfaces of reactors is a global operating problem in activated sludge plants. In many cases, these foams are stabilized by hydrophobic members of the Mycolata, a group of Actinobacteria whose outer membranes contain long-chain hydroxylated mycolic acids. There is currently no single strategy which works for all foams. One attractive approach is to use lytic bacteriophages specific for the foam stabilizing Mycolata population. Such phages are present in activated sludge mixed liquor and can be recovered readily from it. However, no phage has been recovered which lyses Gordonia amarae and Gordonia pseudoamarae, probably the most common foaming Mycolata members. Whole genome sequencing revealed that both G. amarae and G. pseudoamarae from plants around the world are particularly well endowed with genes encoding antiviral defence mechanisms. However, both these populations were lysed rapidly by a parasitic nanobacterium isolated from a plant in Australia. This organism, a member of the Saccharibacteria, was also effective against many other Mycolata, thus providing a potential agent for control of foams stabilized by them.
Publisher
Oxford University Press (OUP)
Subject
Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology
Cited by
2 articles.
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