Could polyphosphate-accumulating organisms (PAOs) be glycogen-accumulating organisms (GAOs)?

• Published in: Water research (Oxford) Vol. 42; no. 10-11; pp. 2361 - 2368
• Main Authors: Zhou, Yan, Pijuan, Maite, Zeng, Raymond J., Lu, Huabing, Yuan, Zhiguo
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Elsevier Ltd 01.05.2008; Elsevier Science
• Subjects: Acetates - metabolism; Aerobiosis; Anaerobiosis; Applied sciences; Bacteria - metabolism; Biomass; Bioreactors; Candidatus Accumulibacter phosphatis; Carbon - metabolism; Enhanced biological phosphorus removal (EBPR); Exact sciences and technology; Glycogen; Glycogen - metabolism; Glycogen-accumulating organism (GAO); In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence; Nitrogen - metabolism; Other industrial wastes. Sewage sludge; Phosphorus - metabolism; Pollution; Polyphosphate; Polyphosphate-accumulating organism (PAO); Polyphosphates - metabolism; Wastes; Water treatment and pollution; Polyphosphate-accumulating organism (PAO); Enhanced biological phosphorus removal (EBPR); Polyphosphate; Glycogen-accumulating organism (GAO); Glycogen; Candidatus Accumulibacter phosphatis; Phosphates; organism (PAO); Polyphosphate-accumulating; removal (EBPR); Phosphorus; Aerobe; Biomass; Metabolism; Modeling; Glycogen-accumulating organism; GAO; Anaerobe; Enhanced biological phosphorus

Polyphosphate (poly-P) is known to be a key compound in the metabolism of polyphosphate-accumulating organisms (PAOs). In this study, a sludge highly enriched (80%) in Candidatus Accumulibacter phosphatis (hereafter referred to as Accumulibacter), a widely known PAO, was used to study the ability of...