Roles of quorum sensing in biological wastewater treatment: A critical review.
Biofilm
Microbial community
Quorum quenching
Quorum sensing
Wastewater treatment
Journal
Chemosphere
ISSN: 1879-1298
Titre abrégé: Chemosphere
Pays: England
ID NLM: 0320657
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Apr 2019
Apr 2019
Historique:
received:
27
09
2018
revised:
23
12
2018
accepted:
09
01
2019
pubmed:
22
1
2019
medline:
19
3
2019
entrez:
22
1
2019
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Quorum sensing (QS) and quorum quenching (QQ) are increasingly reported in biological wastewater treatment processes because of their inherent roles in biofilm development, bacterial aggregation, granulation, colonization, and biotransformation of pollutants. As such, the fundamentals and ubiquitous nature of QS bacteria are critical for fully understanding the process of the wastewater treatment system. In this article, the details of QS-based strategies related to community behaviors and phenotypes in wastewater treatment systems were reviewed. The molecular aspects and coexistence of QS and QQ bacteria were also mentioned, which provide evidence that future wastewater treatment will indispensably rely on QS-based strategies. In addition, recent attempts focusing on the use of QQ for biofilm or biofouling control were also summarized. Nevertheless, there are still several challenges and knowledge gaps that warrant future targeted research on the ecological niche, abundance, and community of QS- and QQ-bacteria in environmental settings or engineered systems.
Identifiants
pubmed: 30665091
pii: S0045-6535(19)30064-5
doi: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2019.01.064
pii:
doi:
Substances chimiques
Waste Water
0
Types de publication
Journal Article
Review
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
616-629Informations de copyright
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