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Isolation and Characterization of Bacteriophages Infecting Nocardioforms in Wastewater Treatment Plant

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Title Isolation and Characterization of Bacteriophages Infecting
Nocardioforms in Wastewater Treatment Plant
 
Creator Khairnar, Krishna
Pal, Priti
Chandekar, Rajshree
Paunikar, Waman
 
Subject Microbiology
 
Description Activated sludge plants (ASP) are associated with the stable foaming problem worldwide. Apart from the physical and chemical
treatment methods, biological treatment method has been least explored and may prove to be a novel and ecofriendly approach
to tackle the problem of stable foam formation. In ASP Nocardia species are commonly found and are one of the major causes for
forming sticky and stable foam. This study describes the isolation and characterization of three Nocardia bacteriophages NOC1,
NOC2, and NOC3 for the control of Nocardia species. The bacteriophages isolated in this study have shown promising results in
controlling foam producing bacterial growth under laboratory conditions, suggesting that it may prove useful in the field as an
alternative biocontrol agent to reduce the foaming problem. To the best of our knowledge to date no work has been published from
India related to biological approach for the control of foaming.
 
Publisher Hindawi Publishing Corporation
 
Date 2014-07-22
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Identifier http://neeri.csircentral.net/839/1/Publication_30.pdf
Khairnar, Krishna and Pal, Priti and Chandekar, Rajshree and Paunikar, Waman (2014) Isolation and Characterization of Bacteriophages Infecting Nocardioforms in Wastewater Treatment Plant. Biotechnology Research Internationa. pp. 1-5.
 
Relation https://www.hindawi.com/journals/btri/2014/151952/
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