Prevention of Gordonia and Nocardia stabilized foam formation by using bacteriophage GTE7

Appl Environ Microbiol. 2011 Nov;77(21):7864-7. doi: 10.1128/AEM.05692-11. Epub 2011 Sep 16.

Abstract

Most activated sludge treatment plants suffer from the presence of foams on the surfaces of their aeration reactors. These are often stabilized by hydrophobic mycolic acid-synthesizing actinobacterial species. A polyvalent Siphoviridae phage, GTE7, which lysed several Gordonia and Nocardia species, is described here. Its genome has a modular structure similar to that described for Rhodococcus phage ReqiDocB7. In laboratory-scale experiments, we showed that GTE7 prevents stabilization of foams by these Gordonia and Nocardia species.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Actinomycetales / growth & development*
  • Actinomycetales / virology*
  • Bacteriolysis*
  • Bacteriophages / genetics*
  • Bacteriophages / growth & development
  • Bacteriophages / isolation & purification
  • DNA, Bacterial / chemistry
  • DNA, Bacterial / genetics
  • Gene Order
  • Genome, Viral
  • Microscopy, Electron
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Sequence Analysis, DNA
  • Sewage / microbiology*
  • Virion / ultrastructure
  • Water Purification / methods*

Substances

  • DNA, Bacterial
  • Sewage

Associated data

  • GENBANK/JN035618