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The Use of the New Quorum Quenching Isolate of Bordetella hinzii S3 to Prevent Biofouling in Membrane Bioreactor Systems

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According to the findings of previous research, membrane bioreactor (MBR) technology, which is regarded as an effective alternative to advanced wastewater treatment, can cause biofouling. Biofouling results from the formation of a bacterial growth-sourced biofilm that relies on a form of bacterial communication that is referred to as quorum sensing (QS). To this end, recent quorum quenching (QQ) research studies have attempted to interfere with this bacterial communication to prevent the formation of the biofilms that cause biofouling in MBR systems. As a result of the successful results that have been obtained from the bacterial QQ applications that employ enzymatic QQ applications, the need to isolate new QQ bacteria has increased with time. This study isolated five different QQ bacteria from the soil and leachate of a municipal solid waste landfill. Since Bordetella hinzii S3 showed the highest QQ activity of all isolates, this species was immobilized into sodium alginate beads, which were subsequently tested. The research findings indicate that B. hinzii S3 may be capable of preventing the formation of biofilm on membrane surfaces during short- and long-term MBR operations.

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Abbreviations

BSA:

Bovine serum albumin

COD:

Chemical oxygen demand

CLSM:

Confocal laser scanning microscope

DNA:

Deoxyribonucleic acid

DMF:

Dimethylformamide

DO:

Dissolved oxygen

EPS:

Extracellular polymeric substances

HF:

Hollow fiber

LB:

Luria bertani

MBR:

Membrane bioreactor

MF:

Microfiltration

MLSS:

Mixed liquor suspended solids

AHL:

N-acyl homoserine lactone

OD:

Optical density

ORP:

Oxidation-reduction potential

QS:

Quorum sensing

QQ:

Quorum quenching

PCR:

Polymerase chain reaction

RNA:

Ribonucleic acid

SEM:

Scanning electron microscopy

SMP:

Soluble microbial products

SCADA:

Supervisory control and data acquisition

TKN:

Total Kjeldahl nitrogen

TOC:

Total organic carbon

TP:

Total phosphorus

TMP:

Transmembrane pressure

UV:

Ultraviolet

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This work was financially supported by the TUBITAK (the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey), and KORANET (the Korean Scientific Cooperation Network with the European Research Area) under Project No. 112M739. Tülay Ergön-Can would like to thank the TUBITAK 2218-National Postdoctoral Research Fellowship Program for its financial support.

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  1. National Research Center on Membrane Technologies, Istanbul Technical University, 34469, Maslak, Istanbul, Turkey

    Tülay Ergön-Can, Börte Köse-Mutlu & İsmail Koyuncu

  2. Department of Environmental Engineering, Istanbul Technical University, 34469, Maslak, Istanbul, Turkey

    Börte Köse-Mutlu & İsmail Koyuncu

  3. School of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Seoul National University, Seoul, 151-744, Republic of Korea

    Chung-Hak Lee

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Ergön-Can, T., Köse-Mutlu, B., Koyuncu, İ. et al. The Use of the New Quorum Quenching Isolate of Bordetella hinzii S3 to Prevent Biofouling in Membrane Bioreactor Systems. Waste Biomass Valor 11, 3513–3523 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12649-019-00700-2

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