Candidatus Kaistella beijingensis sp. nov., Isolated from a Municipal Wastewater Treatment Plant, Is Involved in Sludge Foaming

• Published in: Applied and environmental microbiology Vol. 87; no. 24; p. e0153421
• Main Authors: Song, Yang, Jiang, Cheng-Ying, Liang, Zong-Lin, Zhu, Hai-Zhen, Jiang, Yong, Yin, Ye, Qin, Ya-Ling, Huang, Hao-Jie, Wang, Bao-Jun, Wei, Zi-Yan, Cheng, Rui-Xue, Liu, Zhi-Pei, Liu, Yao, Jin, Tao, Wang, Ai-Jie, Liu, Shuang-Jiang
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States American Society for Microbiology 24.11.2021
• Subjects: Applied and Industrial Microbiology; Bacteria; Candidatus Kaistella beijingensis; Cell culture; China; Environmental Microbiology; Extracellular polymers; Flavobacteriaceae - classification; Flavobacteriaceae - isolation & purification; Foaming; Foams; Genomes; Hydrophobicity; Lipid metabolism; Lipids; Microbiomes; Microorganisms; Municipal wastewater; New species; Phylogeny; Populations; Sewage - microbiology; Sludge; Wastewater treatment; Wastewater treatment plants; Water Purification; Water treatment; China; Candidatus Kaistella beijingensis; biological foaming; bulking and foaming bacteria (BFB); activated sludge; wastewater treatment plant (WWTP); Kaistella beijingensis
• ISSN: 0099-2240; 1098-5336; 1098-5336
• DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01534-21

Biological foaming or scumming is a sludge separation problem that has become the subject of major concern for long-term stable activated sludge operation in decades. Biological foaming was considered induced by foaming bacteria. Biological foaming (or biofoaming) is a frequently occurring problem i...