Journal article
Diversity of Iron Oxidizers in Groundwater-Fed Rapid Sand Filters: Evidence of Fe(II)-Dependent Growth by Curvibacter and Undibacterium spp
Department of Environmental Engineering, Technical University of Denmark1
Water Technologies, Department of Environmental Engineering, Technical University of Denmark2
Istanbul Technical University3
Danish Technological Institute4
Urban Water Systems, Department of Environmental Engineering, Technical University of Denmark5
Although earlier circumstantial observations have suggested the presence of iron oxidizing bacteria (IOB) in groundwater-fed rapid sand filters (RSF), ferrous iron (Fe(II)) oxidation in this environment is often considered a chemical process due to the highly oxic and circumneutral pH conditions. The low water temperature (5-10 degrees C), typical of groundwaters, on the other hand, may reduce the rates of chemical Fe(II) oxidation, which may allow IOB to grow and compete with chemical Fe(II) oxidation.
Hence, we hypothesized that IOB are active and abundant in groundwater-fed RSFs. Here, we applied a combination of cultivation and molecular approaches to isolate, quantify, and confirm the growth of 10B from groundwater-fed RSFs, operated at different influent Fe(II) concentrations. Isolates related to Undibacterium and Curvibacter were identified as novel 10B lineages.
Gallionella spp. were dominant in all waterworks, whereas Ferriphaselus and Undibacterium were dominant at pre-filters of waterworks receiving groundwaters with high (> 2 mg/l) Fe(II) concentrations. The high density and diversity of 10B in groundwater-fed RSFs suggest that neutrophilic 10B may not be limited to oxic/anoxic interfaces.
Language: | English |
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Publisher: | Frontiers Media S.A. |
Year: | 2018 |
Pages: | 2808 |
ISSN: | 1664302x |
Types: | Journal article |
DOI: | 10.3389/fmicb.2018.02808 |
ORCIDs: | Gülay, Arda , Albrechtsen, Hans-Jørgen and Smets, Barth F. |
Curvibacter Ferriphaselus Gallionella Iron metabolism Iron oxidizing bacteria Novel Rapid sand filters Undibacterium
Microbiology QR1-502 iron metabolism iron oxidizing bacteria novel rapid sand filters