Characterisation of Phosphate Accumulating Organisms and Techniques for Polyphosphate Detection: A Review

[en] Phosphate minerals have long been used for the production of phosphorus-based chemicals used in many economic sectors. However, these resources are not renewable and the natural phosphate stocks are decreasing. In this context, the research of new phosphate sources has become necessary. Many types of wastes contain non-negligible phosphate concentrations, such as wastewater. In wastewater treatment plants, phosphorus is eliminated by physicochemical and/or biological techniques. In this latter case, a specific microbiota, phosphate accumulating organisms (PAOs), accumulates phosphate as polyphosphate. This molecule can be considered as an alternative phosphate source, and is directly extracted from wastewater generated by human activities. This review focuses on the techniques which can be applied to enrich and try to isolate these PAOs, and to detect the presence of polyphosphate in microbial cells.

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Biotechnology

Author, co-author :

Tarayre, Cédric ; Université de Liège > Agronomie, Bio-ingénierie et Chimie (AgroBioChem) > Bio-industries

Nguyen, Huu-Thanh

Brognaux, Alison ; Université de Liège > Agronomie, Bio-ingénierie et Chimie (AgroBioChem) > Bio-industries

Delepierre, Anissa ; Université de Liège > Agronomie, Bio-ingénierie et Chimie (AgroBioChem) > Bio-industries

De Clercq, Lies

Charlier, Raphaëlle

Michels, Evi

Meers, Erik

Delvigne, Frank ; Université de Liège > Agronomie, Bio-ingénierie et Chimie (AgroBioChem) > Bio-industries

Language :

English

Title :

Characterisation of Phosphate Accumulating Organisms and Techniques for Polyphosphate Detection: A Review

Publication date :

31 May 2016

Journal title :

Sensors

ISSN :

1424-8220

eISSN :

1424-3210

Publisher :

Molecular Diversity Preservation International (MDPI), Basel, Switzerland

Volume :

Issue :

797

Pages :

1-14

Peer reviewed :

Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi

Name of the research project :

BioRefine

Funders :

Programme Interreg IVB NWE

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