Pasayeva, P.Gezgin, Y.Pekin, G.Eltem, R.2019-10-272019-10-2720110959-33301479-487Xhttps://doi.org/10.1080/09593330.2010.505250https://hdl.handle.net/11454/45028This study investigated the phosphate uptake capacities of bacteria isolated from aerobic and anaerobic phosphate removal tanks at a municipal wastewater treatment plant in Izmir, Turkey, removing chemical oxygen demand to nitrogen (COD-N) and phosphorus (P) on a full-scale basis. Conventional plating techniques and an enrichment culture method were used to isolate the colonies, with a total of 91 monoculture isolates from the sludge samples being subjected to phosphate uptake studies. A total of 64 of these isolates had high phosphate uptake capacities ranging from 3.7 x 10-10 to 1.0 x 10-12 mg PO43- cell-1, and only 11 of the strains with high phosphate uptake were Gram-negative. The highest phosphorus uptake value was 3.7 x 10-10 mg PO4-3 cell-1, which was achieved by Gram-positive bacteria. Gram-negative strains were identified as Acinetobacter baumannii with a 99% probability and as Pseudomonas aeruginosa with a 96-98% probability (API 20 NE).en10.1080/09593330.2010.505250info:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessphosphate uptakeactivated sludgeenhanced biological phosphorus removalEBPRAcinetobacterArticle325543549WOS:00029040620000821877535Q2Q3