Analysis of Microbial Community in Vermifiltration by PCR-SSCP Method

Author

Lu, Zhibo ; Xing, Meiyan ; Yang, Jian ; Liu, Jing

Author_Institution

Key Lab. of Pollution Control & Resources Reuse, Tongji Univ., Shanghai, China

fYear

2009

fDate

11-13 June 2009

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

Single-strand conformation polymorphism (SSCP) method was performed to investigate the microbial community in vermifiltration. Vermifiltration was a newly ecological and high efficient process to treat sewage and sludge synchronously. The experimental results indicated that PCR-SSCP can more truly reflect the existing system of micro-organisms groups. Bacillus, the dominant populations, in the vermifiltration with a percentage of 40% is an antagonistic and functional bacterium, and crucial to the treatment efficacy of vermifiltration. Additionally, the positive correlation between earthworm´s density and Shannon-wiener index, and the organics removal were existed. Consequently, it can be concluded that the introduction of earthworm was beneficial to the improvement of the bacteria community structure and the removal of the organic pollutants.

Keywords

ecology; microorganisms; molecular biophysics; polymorphism; sewage treatment; wastewater treatment; Shannon-Wiener index; bacillus; bacterium; earthworm; ecological process; microbial community; microorganisms; single-strand conformation polymorphism; vermifiltration; Clinical diagnosis; DNA; Genetic mutations; Humans; Microorganisms; Pollution control; Sludge treatment; Solids; Water conservation; Water pollution;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Bioinformatics and Biomedical Engineering , 2009. ICBBE 2009. 3rd International Conference on

Conference_Location

Beijing

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-2901-1

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-2902-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICBBE.2009.5162351

Filename

5162351