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Bacteria Associated with Echinodorus cordifolius and Lepironia articulata Enhance Nitrogen and Phosphorus Removal from Wastewater

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Phytoremediation and bioremediation are eco-friendly methods of wastewater treatment that are widely used throughout the world to reduce anthropogenic water contamination. This study was conducted to assess the effectiveness of symbiotic bacteria in phytoremediation using two aquatic plants, Echinodorus cordifolius and Lepironia articulata, that were tested in sterilized and unsterilized groups. The results showed that unsterilized plants removed more phosphate, ammonium, nitrate and nitrite than the sterilized plants. In untreated and unsterilized E. cordifolius groups, the dominant bacterium was Calothrix (46.90 and 49.69%, respectively), which was higher than in the sterilized E. cordifolius group (38.88%). In untreated and unsterilized groups of L. articulata, Clostridium was a dominant bacterium. The proportion of Clostridium was much lower in the sterilized L. articulata group (1.31%) than in the untreated (13.71%) and unsterilized (49.02%) groups. Our results suggested that root-associated bacteria in E. cordifolius and L. articulata were effective in the removal of phosphorus and nitrogen from domestic wastewater.

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This work was supported by the Graduate School, Prince of Songkla University under Thailand's Education Hub for Southern Region of ASEAN Countries Project (TEH-AC 044/2017), and by a Research Grant for the graduate student. We would like to thank Thomas Duncan Coyne for English proofreading the manuscript.

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  1. Department of Biology, Division of Biological Science, Faculty of Science, Prince of Songkla University, Songkhla, 90110, Thailand

    Jamyang Tenzin, Ratana Hirunpunth & Saranya Peerakietkhajorn

  2. Plants of Thailand Research Unit, Department of Botany, Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, 10330, Thailand

    Anchittha Satjarak

  3. Gut Biology and Microbiota Research Unit, Prince of Songkla University, Hat Yai, Songkhla, 90110, Thailand

    Saranya Peerakietkhajorn

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Tenzin, J., Hirunpunth, R., Satjarak, A. et al. Bacteria Associated with Echinodorus cordifolius and Lepironia articulata Enhance Nitrogen and Phosphorus Removal from Wastewater. Bull Environ Contam Toxicol 106, 377–384 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00128-020-03059-6

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