Biological Nitrogen Removal Database

A manually curated data resource for microbial nitrogen removal


Detailed information

Microorganism

Diaphorobacter sp. HPC847

Taxonomy

  • Phylum : Proteobacteria
  • Class : Betaproteobacteria
  • Order :Burkholderiales
  • Family : Comamonadaceae
  • Genus : Diaphorobacter

Electron Acceptor

NO3-

Electron Donor

Acetate 

Information about Article

Reference:Khardenavis et al., 2007

Title:Simultaneous Nitrification and Denitrification by Diverse Diaphorobacter Sp

Pubmed ID:17876578

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Abstract: Eight bacterial isolates closely related to Diaphorobacter sp. were isolated from activated biomass surviving on wastewater laden with dyes and nitro-substituted chemicals and were identified by 16S rDNA sequence analysis. The isolates showed sequence similarity of 99-100% to other Diaphorobacter strains such as ZY 2006b, F2, NA5, PCA039, D. nitroreducens KSP4, and KSP3 and 98-99% sequence homology to D. nitroreducens NA10B (type strain JCM 11421). Neighbor-joining tree revealed that all the eight strains formed tight cluster together and also showed close clustering with other Diaphorobacter strains. Isolates demonstrated the ability to perform simultaneous nitrification and denitrification under aerobic conditions. Strains HPC 805, 815, 821, and 856 gave highest chemical oxygen demand removal (85-93%) and ammonia removal (92-96%), which correlated well with higher growth rates of the cultures. Simultaneously, complete removal of nitrate supplied in the medium in presence of ammonium and acetate (electron donor) was observed in addition to aerobic nitrite release from ammonium. Thus, the above strains showed ability to perform partial nitrification followed by further aerobic removal of common intermediate nitrite, which indicated their potential application in treatment systems for treatment of high-nitrogen-containing wastewaters.