Metal-Tolerant Bacteria of Wastewater Treatment Plant in a Large City
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Sample Collection
2.2. Bacteria Cultivation
2.3. PCR Analysis of Target Genes
2.4. Anaylsis of the Evolutionary Distances of the Studied Bacteria
3. Results
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Heavy Metal | Concentration, mg/L | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
Maximum Permissible Concentrations for Waters of Household and Cultural Water Use [20] | Secondary Sedimentation Tank (Water) | Secondary Sedimentation Tank (Suspension) | Digester (Suspension) | |
Cd | 0.001 | 0.0053 | 0.0037 | 0.0186 |
Cu | 1.0 | 0.0056 | 0.0037 | 0.0248 |
Ni | 0.02 | 0.0089 | 0.0041 | 0.1204 |
Pb | 0.01 | <0.0001 | 0.0038 | 0.0050 |
Zn | 1.0 | 0.0002 | 0.00001 | 0.0002 |
N | Species (According to Sequencing Results) | Source | Element | Maximal Tolerance Concentration |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Serratia proteamaculans | Digester | Ni | 5 mM |
2 | Pseudomonas gessardii | Secondary sedimentation tank (sludge) | Ni | 3 mM |
3 | Pseudomonas fragi | Secondary sedimentation tank (sludge) | Cd | 3 mM |
4 | Pseudomonas fragi | Secondary sedimentation tank (water) | Cd | 3 mM |
5 | Serratia proteamaculans | Secondary sedimentation tank (sludge) | Pb | 5 mM |
6 | Pseudomonas fragi | Secondary sedimentation tank (water) | Pb | 3 mM |
7 | Pseudomonas brenneri | Secondary sedimentation tank (water) | Pb | 3 mM |
8 | Pseudomonas gessardii | Secondary sedimentation tank (sludge) | Zn | 5 mM |
9 | Pseudomonas gessardii | Secondary sedimentation tank (water) | Zn | 5 mM |
10 | Klebsiella pneumonia | Secondary sedimentation tank (sludge) | Cu | 3 mM |
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Perelomov, L.; Sizova, O.; Rahman, M.M.; Perelomova, I.; Minkina, T.; Sokolov, S.; Atroshchenko, Y. Metal-Tolerant Bacteria of Wastewater Treatment Plant in a Large City. Sustainability 2022, 14, 11335. https://doi.org/10.3390/su141811335
Perelomov L, Sizova O, Rahman MM, Perelomova I, Minkina T, Sokolov S, Atroshchenko Y. Metal-Tolerant Bacteria of Wastewater Treatment Plant in a Large City. Sustainability. 2022; 14(18):11335. https://doi.org/10.3390/su141811335
Chicago/Turabian StylePerelomov, Leonid, Olga Sizova, Mohammad Mahmudur Rahman, Irina Perelomova, Tatiana Minkina, Sergei Sokolov, and Yury Atroshchenko. 2022. "Metal-Tolerant Bacteria of Wastewater Treatment Plant in a Large City" Sustainability 14, no. 18: 11335. https://doi.org/10.3390/su141811335