Background
The biological agent comprises liquid and solid, and the preservation method also comprises liquid and solid. Heterotrophic microorganisms capable of producing spores can be processed into resting cells to prepare dry powder microbial inoculum for preservation in a conidium stage, and the influence on the activity of the microbial inoculum is small. In the case of autotrophic microorganisms such as nitrifying bacteria, since no spores exist, the activity of the cells is reduced or even lost during the preparation of dry powder, and particularly, the activity of the cells is reduced or even lost with the lapse of time during the preservation. The existing nitrifying bacteria agent or bacterial strain is mostly liquid, the common preservation method is normal temperature liquid or ultra-low temperature freezing preservation, the preservation period of the bacteria preserved by the normal temperature liquid is short, the cost is additionally increased by the bacteria preserved by the low temperature freezing preservation, and the long-distance preservation and transportation are inconvenient in the application process.
At present, nitrobacteria are mostly frozen and preserved by direct ultralow-temperature liquid, the preservation activity is good, but the cost is high, and the preserved bacteria are inconvenient to transport. CN106554921A discloses a method for preserving nitrobacteria, which comprises adding a growth promoter during the culture of nitrobacteria, culturing until the growth stabilization period, collecting thallus, mixing with a preservation nutrient solution, controlling the water content to be 40-80%, adding a preserving agent, and preserving at low temperature. CN108486019A discloses a preservation method of nitrosobacteria, which comprises (1) preparing protective agent: adding 2-4 parts of sodium glutamate, 18-25 parts of trisodium phosphate and 1-3 parts of cysteine into 90-120 parts of sterile water, and uniformly mixing to obtain a protective agent; (2) adding thalli; (3) and (5) freezing and preserving. The methods all adopt low-temperature freezing preservation, the temperature is lower, the preservation cost is higher, and the preserved thalli are inconvenient to transport. CN103880168A discloses a long-term preservation and activity recovery method for aerobic nitrification granular sludge, which recovers normal treatment capacity 7 days after preservation, but the invention only aims at the aerobic granular sludge, and the preservation time is 180 days, which is not suitable for long-term preservation.
In order to ensure the activity of the cells during the preparation of the dry powder, a protecting agent may be added. CN106635803A discloses a preparation and preservation method of an anaerobic ammonium oxidation bacterium dry powder microbial inoculum, which mainly uses sodium alginate as a protective agent, is vacuumized and dried at 60 ℃ to obtain the anaerobic ammonium oxidation dry powder microbial inoculum, and the activity of the anaerobic ammonium oxidation dry powder microbial inoculum is recovered to 41 percent after the anaerobic ammonium oxidation dry powder microbial inoculum is stored for 30 days at 4 ℃. CN107557302A discloses that the activity recovery rate reaches 65.8% after an anaerobic ammonia oxidation dry powder microbial inoculum is obtained by taking dimethyl sulfoxide and glycerol as a mixed protective agent and drying the mixed protective agent at the temperature of-92 ℃ in a vacuum pumping manner and is preserved for 75 days at the temperature of 4 ℃. The anaerobic ammonium oxidation bacteria preserved in the form of dry powder in the patent have low activity recovery rate and short preservation period. However, the protective agents are not ideal for preparing autotrophic nitrifying bacteria dry powder.
Disclosure of Invention
The invention aims to provide a preparation and preservation method of nitrobacteria dry powder microbial inoculum, which realizes the preparation and room temperature preservation of nitrobacteria dry powder by vacuum drying, the prepared dry powder microbial inoculum is convenient to transport and use, the activity of the microbial inoculum after long-term preservation is fast to recover, and the activity recovery rate is high.
The invention provides a preparation method of a nitrobacteria dry powder microbial inoculum, which mainly comprises the following steps:
(1) dehydrating the nitrobacteria suspension until the water content is higher than 80%, preparing a nitrobacteria concentrated solution A, adding sodium alginate, and reacting under an aeration condition;
(2) dehydrating the mixture obtained in the step (1) until the water content is 60-80%, preparing a nitrobacteria concentrated solution B, adding sugar ester substances, mixing and purging with nitrogen;
(3) and (3) dehydrating the mixture obtained in the step (2) until the water content is lower than 50%, preparing a nitrobacteria concentrated solution C, and performing vacuum drying to obtain the nitrobacteria dry powder microbial inoculum.
In the invention, the nitrifying bacteria suspension in the step (1) can be obtained by culturing according to a conventional method in the field, and the substrate of the nitrifying bacteria suspension is ammonia nitrogen.
In the invention, in the step (1), the nitrifying bacteria suspension is preferably dehydrated to the water content of 85-95% to prepare the nitrifying bacteria concentrated solution A.
In the invention, the step (1) is preferably to add 0.1 to 1 mass percent of sodium alginate solution. The mass ratio of the sodium alginate to the nitrobacteria concentrated solution A is 1: 1000-10000.
In the invention, the aeration condition of the step (1) is to introduce air, and the aeration time is 6-24 h.
In the present invention, the sugar ester substance in step (2) includes at least one of rhamnose ester, trehalose ester, sophorolipid, sucrose ester, etc., preferably trehalose ester.
In the invention, the adding amount of the sugar ester substances in the step (2) accounts for 0.1-0.5% of the mass of the nitrobacteria concentrated solution B.
In the invention, nitrogen purging is carried out in the mixing process in the step (2), and the purging time is 30-180 min.
In the invention, the mixture obtained in the step (3) is dehydrated until the water content is 30-50%.
In the invention, hyaluronic acid or/and sodium hyaluronate are further added into the nitrobacteria concentrated solution C in the step (3), and the mass ratio of the hyaluronic acid or/and sodium hyaluronate to the nitrobacteria concentrated solution C is 1: 1000-10000. Preferably, 0.1 to 1 mass percent of hyaluronic acid solution or/and sodium hyaluronate solution is/are added.
In the invention, the vacuum drying in the step (3) is carried out under the conditions that the pressure is 1-2kPa and the temperature is 40-60 ℃.
In the invention, the dehydration adopts gravity settling, centrifugation or filtration and other modes.
In the invention, the water content refers to the percentage of the weight of the water contained in the nitrobacteria concentrated solution in the total weight of the concentrated solution.
The invention provides a method for preserving nitrobacteria, wherein nitrobacteria suspension is prepared into a dry powder microbial inoculum according to the method, and the dry powder microbial inoculum is vacuum-packaged and preserved at room temperature for standby, and can be preserved for 1 to 2 years generally.
The invention has the following beneficial effects:
according to the invention, before vacuum drying of nitrobacteria, sodium alginate and sugar ester substances are respectively added at different preparation stages, and different water contents and aeration conditions are combined, so that the tolerance capability of bacterial cells in the vacuum drying process can be improved, the cells are completely protected from inside to outside, the damage of vacuum and temperature to cell walls, enzymes, proteins and water is avoided, and the prepared dry powder microbial inoculum can be preserved at room temperature for a long time.
According to the invention, before vacuum drying, hyaluronic acid (sodium) is further added when the water content is dehydrated to be lower than 50%, so that the tolerance of the dry powder microbial inoculum in the vacuum drying process is further improved, and the cell survival rate is improved.
The dry powder preparation method and the preservation method thereof can protect the thallus from losing activity in the long-term room temperature preservation process, and have long preservation time and quick activity recovery. The vacuum drying method is adopted, the preservation cost is obviously reduced, the prepared dry powder nitrobacteria are convenient to preserve, and the preserved bacteria have high activity and are convenient to transport and use.
Detailed Description
The method and effects of the present invention will be described in further detail by examples. The embodiments are implemented on the premise of the technical scheme of the invention, and detailed implementation modes and specific operation processes are given, but the protection scope of the invention is not limited by the following embodiments.
The experimental procedures in the following examples are, unless otherwise specified, conventional in the art. The test materials used in the following examples were purchased from biochemical reagent stores unless otherwise specified.
In the embodiment of the invention, the ammonia nitrogen concentration is measured by GB7478-87 'determination of ammonium in water quality-distillation and titration method'; cell viability = (total number of cells-dead cells) ÷ total number of cells × 100%, measured using beckmann's flow cytometer CytoFLEX.
Example 1
(1) And (3) performing gravity settling on the nitrobacteria suspension, then removing supernatant to obtain nitrobacteria concentrated solution A with the water content of 85%, then adding a sodium alginate solution with the mass fraction of 0.1%, wherein the mass ratio of the sodium alginate to the nitrobacteria concentrated solution A is 1:1000, and introducing air for aeration for 8 hours.
(2) Dehydrating the mixture obtained in the step (1) by adopting a filtering mode until the water content is 60%, preparing a nitrobacteria concentrated solution B, then adding trehalose ester, wherein the adding amount of the trehalose ester accounts for 0.1% of the mass of the nitrobacteria concentrated solution B, and purging with nitrogen for 60min in the mixing process.
(3) And (3) centrifugally dewatering the mixture obtained in the step (2) until the water content is 30%, preparing a nitrobacteria concentrated solution C, and performing vacuum drying under the conditions that the pressure is 1kPa and the temperature is 40 ℃ to obtain the nitrobacteria dry powder microbial inoculum. Compared with the equivalent nitrobacteria suspension in the step (1), the obtained nitrobacteria dry powder has equivalent microbial quantity and 75% of cell survival rate.
The dry powder microbial inoculum is stored at room temperature after being vacuum-packed, is taken out after being stored at room temperature for 12 months, is washed by buffer solution and is added into a 250mL reactor for aeration activation, and the ammonia nitrogen removal rate is improved to more than 90 percent from the initial 9 percent after 20 days.
Example 2
(1) And (3) performing gravity settling on the nitrobacteria suspension, then removing supernatant to obtain a nitrobacteria concentrated solution A with the water content of 90%, then adding a sodium alginate solution with the mass fraction of 0.5%, wherein the mass ratio of the sodium alginate to the nitrobacteria concentrated solution A is 1:5000, and introducing air for aeration for 16 h.
(2) Dehydrating the mixture obtained in the step (1) by adopting a filtering mode until the water content is 70%, preparing a nitrifying bacteria concentrated solution B, adding rhamnose ester, wherein the adding amount accounts for 0.5% of the mass of the nitrifying bacteria concentrated solution B, and purging with nitrogen for 120min in the mixing process.
(3) And (3) centrifugally dewatering the mixture obtained in the step (2) until the water content is 40%, preparing a nitrobacteria concentrated solution C, and performing vacuum drying under the conditions that the pressure is 1.5kPa and the temperature is 45 ℃ to obtain the nitrobacteria dry powder microbial inoculum. Compared with the equivalent nitrobacteria suspension in the step (1), the obtained nitrobacteria dry powder has equivalent microbial quantity and 73 percent of cell survival rate.
The dry powder microbial inoculum is stored at room temperature after being vacuum-packed, is taken out after being stored at room temperature for 12 months, is washed by buffer solution and is added into a 250mL reactor for aeration activation, and the ammonia nitrogen removal rate is improved to more than 90 percent from the initial 8 percent after 22 days.
Example 3
(1) And (3) performing gravity settling on the nitrobacteria suspension, then removing supernatant to obtain a nitrobacteria concentrated solution A with the water content of 90%, then adding a sodium alginate solution with the mass fraction of 0.5%, wherein the mass ratio of the sodium alginate to the nitrobacteria concentrated solution A is 1:5000, and introducing air for aeration for 16 h.
(2) And (2) dehydrating the mixture obtained in the step (1) by adopting a filtering mode until the water content is 80%, preparing a nitrifying bacteria concentrated solution B, adding sucrose ester, wherein the adding amount accounts for 1% of the mass of the nitrifying bacteria concentrated solution B, and purging with nitrogen for 180min in the mixing process.
(3) And (3) centrifugally dewatering the mixture obtained in the step (2) until the water content is 50%, preparing a nitrobacteria concentrated solution C, and performing vacuum drying under the conditions that the pressure is 2kPa and the temperature is 55 ℃ to obtain the nitrobacteria dry powder microbial inoculum. Compared with the equivalent nitrobacteria suspension in the step (1), the obtained nitrobacteria dry powder has equivalent microbial quantity and 71 percent of cell survival rate.
The dry powder microbial inoculum is stored at room temperature after being vacuum-packed, is taken out after 12 months, is washed by buffer solution and is added into a 250mL reactor for aeration activation, and the removal rate of ammonia nitrogen is improved to more than 90 percent from the initial 7 percent after 25 days, which shows that the activity of the dry powder microbial inoculum of nitrobacteria prepared by the method of the invention is quickly recovered.
Example 4
The preparation method and the process are the same as example 1, except that the nitrobacteria concentrated solution C is prepared in the step (3), then hyaluronic acid with the mass fraction of 0.1% is added, the mass ratio of the added hyaluronic acid to the nitrobacteria concentrated solution C is 1:1000, and the mixture is uniformly mixed under stirring and then is dried in vacuum.
Compared with the equivalent nitrobacteria suspension before the preparation of the dry powder, the obtained nitrobacteria dry powder has equivalent microbial quantity and 85 percent of cell survival rate. The dry powder microbial inoculum is stored at room temperature after being vacuum-packed, is taken out after being stored at room temperature for 18 months, is washed by buffer solution, is added into a 250mL reactor for aeration activation, and the ammonia nitrogen removal rate is improved to more than 90% from the initial 11% after 17 days, thereby further improving the activity recovery effect.
Example 5
The preparation method and the process are the same as example 2, except that the nitrobacteria concentrated solution C is prepared in the step (3), then hyaluronic acid with the mass fraction of 0.5% is added, the mass ratio of the added hyaluronic acid to the nitrobacteria concentrated solution C is 1:5000, and vacuum drying is carried out after uniform mixing under stirring.
Compared with the equivalent nitrobacteria suspension before the preparation of the dry powder, the obtained nitrobacteria dry powder has equivalent microbial quantity and 83% of cell survival rate. The dry powder microbial inoculum is stored at room temperature after being vacuum-packed, is taken out after being stored at room temperature for 18 months, is washed by buffer solution, is added into a 250mL reactor for aeration activation, and the ammonia nitrogen removal rate is improved to more than 90% from the initial 10% after 20 days, thereby further improving the activity recovery effect.
Example 6
The preparation method and procedure were the same as in example 4, except that sodium hyaluronate was used instead of hyaluronic acid. Compared with the equivalent nitrobacteria suspension before the preparation of the dry powder, the obtained nitrobacteria dry powder has equivalent microbial quantity and 84 percent of cell survival rate. The dry powder microbial inoculum is stored at room temperature after being vacuum-packed, is taken out after being stored at room temperature for 18 months, is washed by buffer solution and is added into a 250mL reactor for aeration activation, and the ammonia nitrogen removal rate is improved to more than 90 percent from 11 percent after 18 days.
Example 7
The preparation method and procedure were the same as in example 5, except that sodium hyaluronate was used instead of hyaluronic acid. Compared with the equivalent nitrobacteria suspension before the preparation of the dry powder, the obtained nitrobacteria dry powder has equivalent microbial quantity and 82% of cell survival rate. The dry powder microbial inoculum is stored at room temperature after being vacuum-packed, is taken out after being stored at room temperature for 12 months, is washed by buffer solution and is added into a 250mL reactor for aeration activation, and the removal rate of ammonia nitrogen is improved to more than 90 percent from the initial 10 percent after 21 days.
Comparative example 1
The preparation method and procedure were the same as in example 1, except that sodium alginate was used in both step (1) and step (2). Compared with the equivalent nitrobacteria suspension before the preparation of the dry powder, the cell survival rate of the obtained nitrobacteria dry powder is only 30 percent. After being preserved for 6 months at room temperature, the solution is taken out and washed by buffer solution, and then the solution is added into a 250mL reactor for aeration activation, and the ammonia nitrogen removal rate is improved to 30 percent from the initial 3 percent after 20 days. Therefore, in the preparation process of the nitrobacteria dry powder microbial inoculum, the effect is not ideal by only adding sodium alginate.
Comparative example 2
The preparation method and procedure were the same as in example 1, except that sugar esters were used in both step (1) and step (2). Compared with the equivalent nitrobacteria suspension before the preparation of the dry powder, the obtained nitrobacteria dry powder has the cell survival rate of only 40 percent. After being stored for 1 year at room temperature, the solution is taken out and washed by buffer solution, and then the solution is added into a 250mL reactor for aeration activation, and the ammonia nitrogen removal rate is only improved to 40 percent from the initial 4 percent after 20 days. Therefore, only sugar esters are added in the preparation process of the nitrobacteria dry powder microbial inoculum, and the effect is not ideal.
Comparative example 3
The preparation method and the process are the same as example 1, except that the dehydration rate of the steps (1) and (2) is 85 percent. Compared with the equivalent nitrobacteria suspension before the preparation of the dry powder, the obtained nitrobacteria dry powder has the cell survival rate of only 59 percent. After being stored for 1 year at room temperature, the solution is taken out and washed by buffer solution, and then the solution is added into a 250mL reactor for aeration activation, and the ammonia nitrogen removal rate is only improved to 55 percent from the initial 6 percent after 20 days.
Comparative example 4
The preparation and procedure were as in example 1, except that the dehydration rate in each step was 40%. Compared with the equivalent nitrobacteria suspension before the preparation of the dry powder, the obtained nitrobacteria dry powder has the cell survival rate of only 49 percent. After being stored for 1 year at room temperature, the solution is taken out and washed by buffer solution, and then the solution is added into a 250mL reactor for aeration activation, and the ammonia nitrogen removal rate is improved to 45 percent from the initial 5 percent after 20 days.
Comparative example 5
The preparation method and procedure were the same as in example 1, except that air was introduced in both steps (1) and (2). Compared with the equivalent nitrobacteria suspension before the preparation of the dry powder, the obtained nitrobacteria dry powder has the cell survival rate of only 59 percent.
Comparative example 6
The preparation method and procedure were the same as in example 1, except that nitrogen gas was introduced in both steps (1) and (2). Compared with the equivalent nitrobacteria suspension before the preparation of the dry powder, the obtained nitrobacteria dry powder has the cell survival rate of only 53 percent.