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© 2020 Elsevier Ltd. 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.
Author(s): Xu Y, Wu Y, Esquivel-Elizondo S, Dolfing J, Rittmann BE
Publication type: Review
Publication status: Published
Journal: Trends in Biotechnology
Year: 2020
Volume: 38
Issue: 11
Pages: 1292-1303
Print publication date: 01/11/2020
Online publication date: 17/04/2020
Acceptance date: 02/04/2018
ISSN (print): 0167-7799
ISSN (electronic): 1879-3096
Publisher: Elsevier Ltd
URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tibtech.2020.03.012
DOI: 10.1016/j.tibtech.2020.03.012
