Isolation and Characterization of Bacteriophages Infecting Nocardioforms in Wastewater Treatment Plant

Overview

Journal Biotechnol Res Int

Publisher Hindawi

Specialty Biotechnology

Date 2014 Aug 21

PMID 25140256

Citations 9

Authors

Krishna Khairnar

Preeti Pal

Rajshree H Chandekar

Waman N Paunikar

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Abstract

Activated sludge plants (ASP) are associated with the stable foaming problem worldwide. Apart from the physical and chemical treatment methods, biological treatment method has been least explored and may prove to be a novel and ecofriendly approach to tackle the problem of stable foam formation. In ASP Nocardia species are commonly found and are one of the major causes for forming sticky and stable foam. This study describes the isolation and characterization of three Nocardia bacteriophages NOC1, NOC2, and NOC3 for the control of Nocardia species. The bacteriophages isolated in this study have shown promising results in controlling foam producing bacterial growth under laboratory conditions, suggesting that it may prove useful in the field as an alternative biocontrol agent to reduce the foaming problem. To the best of our knowledge to date no work has been published from India related to biological approach for the control of foaming.

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