TY - JOUR
T1 - Using Microbial Aggregates to Entrap Aqueous Phosphorus
AU - Xu, Ying
AU - Wu, Yonghong
AU - Esquivel-Elizondo, Sofia
AU - Dolfing, Jan
AU - Rittmann, Bruce E.
N1 - Funding information: This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (grant numbers 41825021, 31772396, and 813070000) and the Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province, China (BZ2019015); the National key R&D Program of China (grant numbers 2018YFC0213300 and 2017YFD0800105); and the Chinese Academy of Sciences Interdisciplinary Innovation Team.
PY - 2020/11/1
Y1 - 2020/11/1
N2 - The increasing use and associated loss of phosphorus to the environment pose risks to aquatic ecosystems. Technology for phosphorus removal based on microbial aggregates is a natural, ecologically widespread, and sustainable reclamation strategy. Two main processes dominate phosphorus removal by microbial aggregates: extra- and intra-cellular entrapment. Extracellular phosphorus entrapment relies on extracellular polymeric substances, while intracellular entrapment uses a wider variety of phosphorus-entrapping mechanisms. In microbial aggregates, microalgae–bacteria interactions, quorum sensing, and acclimation can enhance phosphorus removal. Based on these insights, we propose novel avenues for entrapping phosphorus using ecological and genetic engineering, manipulated interactions, and integrated processes to create phosphorus removal technology mediated by microbial aggregates.
AB - The increasing use and associated loss of phosphorus to the environment pose risks to aquatic ecosystems. Technology for phosphorus removal based on microbial aggregates is a natural, ecologically widespread, and sustainable reclamation strategy. Two main processes dominate phosphorus removal by microbial aggregates: extra- and intra-cellular entrapment. Extracellular phosphorus entrapment relies on extracellular polymeric substances, while intracellular entrapment uses a wider variety of phosphorus-entrapping mechanisms. In microbial aggregates, microalgae–bacteria interactions, quorum sensing, and acclimation can enhance phosphorus removal. Based on these insights, we propose novel avenues for entrapping phosphorus using ecological and genetic engineering, manipulated interactions, and integrated processes to create phosphorus removal technology mediated by microbial aggregates.
KW - extracellular/intracellular entrapment
KW - integrated processes
KW - interaction
KW - microbial aggregates
KW - phosphorus
U2 - 10.1016/j.tibtech.2020.03.012
DO - 10.1016/j.tibtech.2020.03.012
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:85083333266
SN - 0167-7799
VL - 38
SP - 1292
EP - 1303
JO - Trends in Biotechnology
JF - Trends in Biotechnology
IS - 11
ER -
