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The aim of this study was to apply loess balls containing effective microorganisms (EM) to the remediation of contaminated harbor sediments, and to thereby elucidate the functions of EM in remediation. Changes in physicochemical, biochemical, and microbiological parameters were measured to monitor the remediation process at a laboratory scale. Treatment with high concentrations of EM stock culture and EM loess balls (4%), and a low concentration of EM loess balls (0.1%) that contained molasses (0.05%) contributed to more rapid removal of malodor. Acetic acid, propionic acid, valeric acid, caponic acid, and lactic acid were rapidly removed in the presence of molasses (0.05% w/w) as a carbon nutrient source, indicating enhanced EM activity by amendment with molasses. Fermentation of molasses by EM showed that more acetic acid was produced compared with other organic acids, and that the majority of organic acids were eventually converted to acetate via intermediate metabolites. Sediment bioremediation tests showed there was no significant difference in eubacterial density with the control and the treatments. However, the density of a Lactobacillus sp. in sediments treated with 0.1% and 4.0% EM loess balls was significantly higher than the control, which indicated the bioaugmentation effect of EM loess balls in the polluted sediments. Treatment with EM loess balls and an appropriate amount of molasses, or other nutrients, will facilitate the remediation of polluted marine sediments by malodor removal, via EM degradation or utilization of offensive organic acids. To our knowledge, this is the first study to remediate contaminated marine (harbor) sediments using EM loess balls and to understand EM function during the bioaugmentation process, both in terms of organic acid metabolism and the dynamics of the engineered microbial community. PMID: 22217081 [PubMed in process] Huan Jing Ke Xue. 2009 Dec;30(12):3614-8. [Screening and denitrification characteristics of a heterotrophic nitrification-aerobic denitrifier bacteria]. [Article in Chinese] Chen PZ, Wang LG, Wang YC, Li J, Ding W, Ren TZ, Li SP. College of Life Science and Technology, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou 730070, China. [email protected] Abstract A heterotrophic nitrification-aerobic denitrifier bacteria CPZ24 was isolated form the livestock wastewater by way of the limiting dilution combined with the chromogenic medium screening methods. This bacterium was Gram positive, rod. The colonies of the strain were orange-red.It was identified as Rhodococuus pyridinivorans according to its morphological and physiological properties and the analysis of its 16S rDNA gene. Studied on its function of heterotrophic nitrification and aerobic denitrification,the results show that all NH4+ -N is removed and the removal rate of TN is 98.70% in heterotrophic nitrification; the removal rate of NO3-N by this strain is 66.74% and the removal rate of TN is 64.27%. This high effective microorganisms with nitrogen removed is able to realize simultaneous nitrification and denitrification. It can perform the whole process of bacteria denitrification independently.A heterotrophic nitrification-aerobic denitrifier bacteria CPZ24 was isolated form the livestock wastewater by way of the limiting dilution combined with the chromogenic medium screening methods. This bacterium was Gram positive, rod. The colonies of the strain were orange-red.It was identified as Rhodococuus pyridinivorans according to its morphological and physiological properties and the analysis of its 16S rDNA gene. Studied on its function of heterotrophic nitrification and aerobic denitrification,the results show that all NH4+ -N is removed and the removal rate of TN is 98.70% in heterotrophic nitrification; the removal rate of NO3-N by this strain is 66.74% and the removal rate of TN is 64.27%. This high effective microorganisms with nitrogen removed is able to realize simultaneous nitrification and denitrification. It can perform the whole process of bacteria denitrification independently. PMID: 20187396 [PubMed indexed for MEDLINE] Pol J Vet Sci. 2009;12(4):519-22. The influence of administering "effective microorganisms" to pullets on chosen haematological and biochemical blood indexes. Sokół R, Michalczyk M, Spodniewska A, Barski D. Department of Parasitology and Invasiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, Oczapowskiego 13, 10-718 Olsztyn, Poland. [email protected] Display Settings: Abstract, 50 per page, Sorted by Recently Added