Estimating size and diversity of nitrifying communities in deodorizing filters using PCR and immunofluorescence

Journal of Applied Microbiology

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 255-262

  Malhautier, L ^a   Degrange, V ^b   Guay, R ^c   Degorce Dumas, J R ^a   Bardin, R ^b   Le Cloirec, P ^d  

^a ECOLE DES MINES D ALÈS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^d ECOLE DES MINES DE NANTES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; BANDPASS FILTERS; BIOFILTERS; EFFLUENTS; FLUORESCENCE; NITRIFICATION;

BACTERIAL COMMUNITY; BIOLOGICAL FILTERS; CELL LOSS; DETECTION AND ENUMERATIONS; INDUSTRIAL SCALE; MOST PROBABLE NUMBER; NITROBACTER; PACKING MATERIALS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION METHODS; SPECIES DISTRIBUTIONS;

POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

AMMONIA; NITROGEN; SEPHADEX;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BIOFILTER; ECOLOGY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; METHODOLOGY; NITRIFICATION; NITROBACTER; NITROGEN FIXATION; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEWAGE TREATMENT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; NITROBACTER;

EID: 0031877277     PISSN: 13645072     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2672.1998.00492.x     Document Type: Article

References (35)

1. Abeliovich, A. (1992) Transformations of ammonia and the environmental impact of nitrifying bacteria. Biodegradation 3, 255-264.
2. Aleem, M.I.H. and Alexander, M. (1958) Cell-free nitrification by Nitrobacter. Journal of Bacteriology 76, 510-514.
3. Anon. (1997) AFNOR norm NF T90-015 Août 1975. In Recueil de normes françaises 1997, part 3. pp. 120-122.
4. Bakken, L.R. (1985) Separation and purification of bacteria from soil. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 49, 1482-1487.
5. Beynon, J. L. and Josey, D. E. (1980) Demonstration of heterogeneity in a natural population of Rhizobium phaseoli using variation in intrinsic antibiotic resistance. Journal of General Microbiology 118, 437-442.
6. Bock, E. (1978) Lithotrophic and chemoorganotrophic growth of nitrifying bacteria. In Microbiology ed. Schlessinger, D. pp. 310-314. Washington, D.C.: American Society of Microbiology.
7. Bock, E., Koops, H.P. and Harms, H. (1989) Vitrifying bacteria. In Autotrophic Bacteria ed. Schlegel, H. and Dowien, B. pp. 81-96. Berlin: Springer Verlag and Madison, WI: Science Tech. Publishers.
8. Bock, E., Sundermeyer-Klinger, H. and Stackebrandt, E. (1983) New facultative lithotrophic nitrite oxidizing bacteria. Archives of Microbiology 136, 281-284.
9. Brock, D. and Madigan, M. (1991) Lithotrophs: the nitrifying bacteria. In Biology of Microorganisms. pp. 721-722, New York: Prentice Hall International Editions.
10. Bruce, K.D., Hiorns, W.D., Hobman, J.L., Osborn, A.M., Strike, P. and Ritchie, D.A. (1992) Amplification of DNA from native populations of soil bacteria by using the polymerase chain reaction. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 58, 3413-3416.
11. Cochran, W.G. (1950) Estimation of bacterial densities by means of the 'most probable number'. Biometrics March, 105-106.
12. Crozat, Y. and Cleyet-Marel, J.C. (1984) Problèmes méthodologiques posés par l'extraction et la récupération des bactéries telluriques pour leur quantification par immunofluorescence. Agronomie 4, 603-610.
13. De Laat, J., Bouanga, F., Dore, M. and Mallevialle, J. (1985) Influence du développement bactérien au sein des filtres de charbon actif en grains sur l'élimination de composés organiques biodégradables ou non biodégradables. Water Research 19, 1565-1578.
14. Degrange, V. and Bardin, R. (1995) Detection and counting of Nitrobacter populations in soil by PCR. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 61, 2093-2098.
15. Dicks, R.M. and Ottengraf, S.P.P. (1991) Process engineering aspects of biological waste gas purification. Environmental technology. In Proceedings of International Symposium on Environmental Biotechnology, Ostende, Belgium. ed. Verachtert, H. and Verstraete, W. pp. 353-368. Belgium: Royal Flemish Society of Engineers.
16. Fliermans, C.B., Bohlool, B.B. and Schmidt, E.L. (1974) Autecological study of the chemotroph Nitrobacter by immunofluorescence. Applied Microbiology 27, 199-208.
17. Gadkari, D. (1990) Nitrification in the presence of soil particles, sand, alginate beads, and agar strands. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 22, 17-21.
18. Herrick, J.B., Madsen, E.L., Bott, C.A. and Ghiorse, W.C. (1993) Polymerase chain reaction amplification of naphthalene-catabolic and 16S r RNA gene sequences from indigenous sediment bacteria. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 59, 687-694.
19. Josserand, A. and Bardin, R. (1981) Nitrification on sol acide. I: Mise en évidence de germes autotrophes nitrifiants (genre Nitrobacter) dans un sol forestier sous résineux. Rente d'Ecologie et Biologie du Sol 18, 435-445.
20. Josserand, A. and Cleyet-Marel, J.C. (1979) Isolation from soil of Nitrobacter and evidence for novel serotypes using immunofluorescence. Microbial Ecology 5, 197-205.
21. Keen, G.A. and Prosser, J.I. (1988) The surface growth and activity of Nitrobacter. Microbial Ecology 15, 21-39.
22. Le Cloirec, P., Dagois, G. and Martin, G. (1991) Traitements avec transfert gaz-solide. L'adsorption. In Odeurs et Désodurisation ed. Martin, G. and Laffort, P. pp. 313-333. Paris: Tec & Doc Lavoisier.
23. Le Cloirec, P., Fanlo, J.L. and Degorce-Dumas, J.R. (1991) Procédés de traitment des nuisances olfactives. In Traitement des Odeurs et Désodorisation Industrielle. pp. 114-120. Paris: Innovation 128 editor.
24. Malhautier, L., Degorce-Dumas, J.R., Degrange, V., Bardin, R. and Le Cloirec, P. (1997) Serological determination of Nitrobacter species in a deodorizing granular activated carbon filter. Environmental Technology 18, 275-283.
25. Matin, A. (1978) Organic nutrition of chemolithotrophic bacteria. Animal Review of Microbiology 32, 433-468.
26. Navarro, E. (1992) Diversité du genre Nitrobacter. Structure génétique d'une population naturelle d'un écosystème aquatique. PhD thesis. Université Lyon I, Villeurbanne, France.
27. Navarro, E., Fernandez, M.P., Grimont, F., Clays-Josserand, A. and Bardin, R. (1992) Genomic heterogeneity of the genus Nitrobacter. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 42, 554-560.
28. Picard, C., Ponsonnet, C., Paget, E., Nesme, X. and Simonet, P. (1992) Detection and enumeration of bacteria in soil by direct DNA extraction and polymerase chain reaction. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 58, 2717-2722.
29. Ramsay, A.J. (1984) Extraction of bacteria from soil: efficiency of shaking or ultrasonication as indicated by direct counts and autoradiography. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 16, 475-481.
30. Rittmann, B.E. (1990) Analysing biofilm processes used in biological filtration. Journal of the American Water Works Association 82, 62-66.
31. Samanni-Vaute, L. (1994) Adsorption d'cammoniac sur différents matériaux. Application à la désodorisation en réacteur abiotique et biotique. PhD thesis. Université de Provence, Ecole des Mines d'Alés, France.
32. Schmidt, E.L., Molina, J.A.E. and Chiang, C. (1973) Isolation of chemoautotrophic nitrifiers from Moroccan soils. Bulletin of Ecological Research Communications 17, 166-167.
33. Servais, P., Billen, G. and Bouillot, P. (1991) Activité biologique dans un filtre à charbon actif en grains. Revue de Science d'Eau 4, 483-498.
34. Tsai, Y.L. and Olson, B.H. (1992) Detection of low number of bacterial cells in soils and sediment by polymerase chain reaction. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 58, 754-757.
35. Wood, P. (1986) Nitrification as a bacterial energy source. In Nitrification. Special Publication of the Society for General Microbiology vol. 20. ed. Prosser, J. pp. 63-78. Oxford: IRL Press.