Identification and degradation of structural extracellular polymeric substances in waste activated sludge via a polygalacturonate-degrading consortium.
Anaerobic digestion
Clostridium
Pectate lyases
Polygalacturonate-degrading consortium
Structural extracellular polymeric substances
Waste activated sludge
Journal
Water research
ISSN: 1879-2448
Titre abrégé: Water Res
Pays: England
ID NLM: 0105072
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
15 Apr 2023
15 Apr 2023
Historique:
received:
05
12
2022
revised:
22
02
2023
accepted:
22
02
2023
pubmed:
4
3
2023
medline:
16
3
2023
entrez:
3
3
2023
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
By maintaining the cell integrity of waste activated sludge (WAS), structural extracellular polymeric substances (St-EPS) resist WAS anaerobic fermentation. This study investigates the occurrence of polygalacturonate in WAS St-EPS by combining chemical and metagenomic analyses that identify ∼22% of the bacteria, including Ferruginibacter and Zoogloea, that are associated with polygalacturonate production using the key enzyme EC 5.1.3.6. A highly active polygalacturonate-degrading consortium (GDC) was enriched and the potential of this GDC for degrading St-EPS and promoting methane production from WAS was investigated. The percentage of St-EPS degradation increased from 47.6% to 85.2% after inoculation with the GDC. Methane production was also increased by up to 2.3 times over a control group, with WAS destruction increasing from 11.5% to 28.4%. Zeta potential and rheological behavior confirmed the positive effect which GDC has on WAS fermentation. The major genus in the GDC was identified as Clostridium (17.1%). Extracellular pectate lyases (EC 4.2.2.2 and 4.2.2.9), excluding polygalacturonase (EC 3.2.1.15), were observed in the metagenome of the GDC and most likely play a core role in St-EPS hydrolysis. Dosing with GDC provides a good biological method for St-EPS degradation and thereby enhances the conversion of WAS to methane.
Identifiants
pubmed: 36868117
pii: S0043-1354(23)00235-X
doi: 10.1016/j.watres.2023.119800
pii:
doi:
Substances chimiques
Sewage
0
polygalacturonic acid
VV3XD4CL04
Methane
OP0UW79H66
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
119800Informations de copyright
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Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
Declaration of Competing Interest The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.