Biological Nitrogen Removal Database

A manually curated data resource for microbial nitrogen removal


Detailed information

Microorganism

Rhodococcus sp. CPZ24

Taxonomy
  • Phylum : Actinobacteria
  • Class : nan
  • Order :Corynebacteriales
  • Family : Nocardiaceae
  • Genus : Rhodococcus

Electron Acceptor

Oxygen; n/a

Electron Donor

Ammonium chloride (NH4Cl)

Information about Article

Reference:Chen et al., 2012

Title:Simultaneous heterotrophic nitrification and aerobic denitrification by bacterium Rhodococcus sp. CPZ24

Pubmed ID:22531166.0

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Abstract: Rhodococcus sp. CPZ24 was isolated from swine wastewater and identified. Batch (0.25 L flask) experiments of nitrogen removal under aerobic growth conditions showed complete removal of 50 mg L(-1) ammonium nitrogen within 20 h, while nitrate nitrogen removal reached 67%. A bioreactor (50 L) was used to further assess the heterotrophic nitrification and aerobic denitrification abilities of Rhodococcus sp. CPZ24. The results showed that 85% of the ammonium nitrogen (100 mg L(-1)) was transformed to nitrification products (NO(3)(-)-N and NO(2)(-)-N) (13%), intracellular nitrogen (24%), and gaseous denitrification products (48%) within 25 h. The ammonium nitrogen removal rate was 3.4 mg L(-1)h(-1). The results indicate that the strain CPZ24 carries out simultaneous nitrification and denitrification, demonstrating a potential use of the strain for wastewater treatment.

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