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Li C, Zhang C, Ran F, Yao T, Lan X, Li H, Bai J, Lei Y, Zhou Z, Cui X. Effects of microbial deodorizer on pig feces fermentation and the underlying deodorizing mechanism. WASTE MANAGEMENT (NEW YORK, N.Y.) 2024; 174:174-186. [PMID: 38056366 DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2023.12.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/04/2023] [Revised: 11/20/2023] [Accepted: 12/02/2023] [Indexed: 12/08/2023]
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Microbial deodorization is a novel strategy for reducing odor in livestock and poultry feces. Herein, 12 strains of ammonia (NH3) and 15 hydrogen sulfide (H2S) removing bacteria were obtained with a removal efficiency of 65.20-79.80% and 34.90-79.70%, respectively. A novel bacteria deodorant named MIX (Bacillus zhangzhouensis, Bacillus altitudinis, and Acinetobacter pittii at a ratio of 1:1:2) were obtained. MIX can shorten the temperature rising stage by 2 days and prolong the thermophilic stage by 4 days. The ability of MIX to remove NH3, H2S, and volatile fatty acids (VFAs) and the underlying removal mechanism were analyzed during pig feces fermentation. MIX can significantly reduce the concentrations of NH3 and H2S by 41.82% and 66.35% and increase the concentrations of NO3--N and SO42- by 7.80% and 8.83% (P < 0.05), respectively, on the 25th day. Moreover, the concentrations of acetic, propionate, iso-valerate, and valerate were significantly reduced. The dominant bacteria communities at the phylum level were Firmicutes, Proteobacteria, Bacteroidetes, and Spirochaetes. B. zhangzhouensis and B. altitudinis could convert NH4+-N to NO3--N, and A. pittii could transfer H2S to SO42-. This study revealed that bacteria deodorant can reduce the concentrations of NH3, H2S, and VFAs in pig feces and increase those of NH4+, NO3-, and SO42- and has excellent potential in deodorizing livestock and poultry feces composting.
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- Changning Li
- Key Laboratory of Grassland Ecosystem, Ministry of Education, Lanzhou, 730070 Gansu, China; College of Grassland Science, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou 730070, Gansu, China
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- College of Grassland Science, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou 730070, Gansu, China
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- College of Grassland Science, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou 730070, Gansu, China
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- Key Laboratory of Grassland Ecosystem, Ministry of Education, Lanzhou, 730070 Gansu, China; College of Grassland Science, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou 730070, Gansu, China.
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- Agricultural College, Anshun University, Anshun 561000, Guizhou, China
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- Collaborative Innovation Center for Western Ecological Safety, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, Gansu, China
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- College of Grassland Science, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou 730070, Gansu, China
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- College of Grassland Science, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou 730070, Gansu, China
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- College of Grassland Science, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou 730070, Gansu, China
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- College of Grassland Science, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou 730070, Gansu, China
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Antimicrobial Efficacy of Un-Ionized Ammonia (NH 3) against Salmonella Typhimurium in Buffered Solutions with Variable pH, NH 3 Concentrations, and Urease-Producing Bacteria. Microbiol Spectr 2022; 10:e0185021. [PMID: 35044217 PMCID: PMC8768630 DOI: 10.1128/spectrum.01850-21] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The presence of Salmonella in poultry litter, when used as a biological soil amendment, presents a risk for the preharvest contamination of fresh produce. Poultry litter is rich in organic nitrogen, and previous studies have suggested that ammonia (NH3) in poultry litter may affect the survival of Salmonella. Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium was inoculated into buffer solutions to characterize the pH dependency, minimum antimicrobial concentration, and efficacy of NH3 production. In solutions with 0.4 M total ammonia nitrogen (TAN) at various pH levels (5, 7, 8, and 9), significant inactivation of Salmonella only occurred at pH 9. Salmonella was reduced by ∼8 log CFU/mL within 12 to 18 h at 0.09, 0.18, 0.26, and 0.35 M NH3. The minimum antimicrobial concentration tested was 0.04 M NH3, resulting in an ∼7 log CFU/mL reduction after 24 h. Solutions with urea (1% and 2%) and urease enzymes rapidly produced NH3, which significantly reduced Salmonella within 12 h. The urease-producing bacterium Corynebacterium urealyticum showed no antagonistic effects against Salmonella in solution. Conversely, with 1% urea added, C. urealyticum rapidly produced NH3 in solution and significantly reduced Salmonella within 12 h. Salmonella inactivation data were nonlinear and fitted to Weibull models (Weibull, Weibull with tailing effects, and double Weibull) to describe their inactivation kinetics. These results suggest that high NH3 levels in poultry litter may reduce the risk of contamination in this biological soil amendment. This study will guide future research on the influence of ammonia on the survival and persistence of Salmonella in poultry litter. IMPORTANCE Poultry litter is a widely used biological soil amendment in the production of fresh produce. However, poultry litter may contain human pathogens, such as Salmonella, which introduces the risk of preharvest produce contamination in agricultural fields. Ammonia in poultry litter, produced through bacterial degradation of urea, may be detrimental to the survival of Salmonella; however, these effects are not fully understood. This study utilized aqueous buffer solutions to demonstrate that the antimicrobial efficacy of ammonia against Salmonella is dependent on alkaline pH levels, where increasing concentrations of ammonia led to more rapid inactivation. Inactivation was also demonstrated in the presence of urea and urease or urease-producing Corynebacterium urealyticum. These findings suggest that high levels of ammonia in poultry litter may reduce the risk of contamination in biological soil amendments and will guide further studies on the survival and persistence of Salmonella in poultry litter.
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Xiao S, Zhang H, Zhu R, Liao X, Wu Y, Mi J, Wang Y. Ammonia reduction by the gdhA and glnA genes from bacteria in laying hens. ECOTOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY 2021; 222:112486. [PMID: 34237637 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2021.112486] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/11/2021] [Revised: 06/28/2021] [Accepted: 07/01/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Ammonia emissions are a high-focus pollution issue in the livestock industry. Ammonia-degrading bacteria can assimilate ammonia nitrogen as a nitrogen source to promote their growth and reproduction, providing an environmentally friendly, low-cost and safe biological way to reduce ammonia emissions from livestock. However, it remains unclear how ammonia-degrading bacteria reduce ammonia emissions from animals and what are the key ammonia assimilation genes. In the present study, two strains with ammonia nitrogen-degrading abilities (Enterococcus faecium strain C2 and Bacillus coagulans strain B1) were screened from laying chicken caecal and faecal samples and reduced ammonia emission rates by 53.60% and 31.38%, respectively. The expression levels of the ammonia assimilation genes gdhA, glnA, and GMPS increased significantly. On this basis, we successfully constructed three clone strains (PET-GDH, PET-GS, and PET-GMPS) that expressed the gdhA, glnA and GMPS genes in E. coli, respectively, to verify their ammonia-reducing activities. The results of an in vitro fermentation study showed that the ammonia production of the PET-GDH and PET-GS groups was significantly lower than that of the empty vector group (p < 0.05), with ammonia emission reduction rates of 55.5% and 54.8%, respectively. However, there was no difference between the PET-GMPS and empty vector groups. These results indicate that gdhA and glnA may be key genes involved in the bacterial-mediated regulation of ammonia emissions by laying hens, and ammonia emissions may be reduced by regulating their expression. The results of the present study provide a theoretical basis for the construction of engineered bacteria to reduce ammonia production in animals.
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- Shasha Xiao
- College of Animal Science, National Engineering Research Center for Breeding Swine Industry, South China Agricultural University, Wushan Road, Tianhe District, Guangzhou 510642, China
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- College of Animal Science, National Engineering Research Center for Breeding Swine Industry, South China Agricultural University, Wushan Road, Tianhe District, Guangzhou 510642, China
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- College of Animal Science, National Engineering Research Center for Breeding Swine Industry, South China Agricultural University, Wushan Road, Tianhe District, Guangzhou 510642, China
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- College of Animal Science, National Engineering Research Center for Breeding Swine Industry, South China Agricultural University, Wushan Road, Tianhe District, Guangzhou 510642, China
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- College of Animal Science, National Engineering Research Center for Breeding Swine Industry, South China Agricultural University, Wushan Road, Tianhe District, Guangzhou 510642, China
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- College of Animal Science, National Engineering Research Center for Breeding Swine Industry, South China Agricultural University, Wushan Road, Tianhe District, Guangzhou 510642, China
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- College of Animal Science, National Engineering Research Center for Breeding Swine Industry, South China Agricultural University, Wushan Road, Tianhe District, Guangzhou 510642, China.
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Swelum AA, El-Saadony MT, Abd El-Hack ME, Abo Ghanima MM, Shukry M, Alhotan RA, Hussein EO, Suliman GM, Ba-Awadh H, Ammari AA, Taha AE, El-Tarabily KA. Ammonia emissions in poultry houses and microbial nitrification as a promising reduction strategy. SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2021; 781:146978. [DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.146978] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/02/2023]
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Yi B, Chen L, Sa R, Zhong R, Xing H, Zhang H. Transcriptome Profile Analysis of Breast Muscle Tissues from High or Low Levels of Atmospheric Ammonia Exposed Broilers (Gallus gallus). PLoS One 2016; 11:e0162631. [PMID: 27611572 PMCID: PMC5017607 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0162631] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2016] [Accepted: 08/25/2016] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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Atmospheric ammonia is a common problem in poultry industry. High concentrations of aerial ammonia cause great harm to broilers' health and production. For the consideration of human health, the limit exposure concentration of ammonia in houses is set at 25 ppm. Previous reports have shown that 25 ppm is still detrimental to livestock, especially the gastrointestinal tract and respiratory tract, but the negative relationship between ammonia exposure and the tissue of breast muscle of broilers is still unknown. In the present study, 25 ppm ammonia in poultry houses was found to lower slaughter performance and breast yield. Then, high-throughput RNA sequencing was utilized to identify differentially expressed genes in breast muscle of broiler chickens exposed to high (25 ppm) or low (3 ppm) levels of atmospheric ammonia. The transcriptome analysis showed that 163 genes (fold change ≥ 2 or ≤ 0.5; P-value < 0.05) were differentially expressed between Ammonia25 (treatment group) and Ammonia3 (control group), including 96 down-regulated and 67 up-regulated genes. qRT-PCR analysis validated the transcriptomic results of RNA sequencing. Gene Ontology (GO) functional annotation analysis revealed potential genes, processes and pathways with putative involvement in growth and development inhibition of breast muscle in broilers caused by aerial ammonia exposure. This study facilitates understanding of the genetic architecture of the chicken breast muscle transcriptome, and has identified candidate genes for breast muscle response to atmospheric ammonia exposure.
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- Bao Yi
- State Key Laboratory of Animal Nutrition, Institute of Animal Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, 100193, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Animal Nutrition, Institute of Animal Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, 100193, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Animal Nutrition, Institute of Animal Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, 100193, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Animal Nutrition, Institute of Animal Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, 100193, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Animal Nutrition, Institute of Animal Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, 100193, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Animal Nutrition, Institute of Animal Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, 100193, China
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Liu Z, Liu G, Cai H, Shi P, Chang W, Zhang S, Zheng A, Xie Q, Ma J. Paecilomyces variotii: A Fungus Capable of Removing Ammonia Nitrogen and Inhibiting Ammonia Emission from Manure. PLoS One 2016; 11:e0158089. [PMID: 27348533 PMCID: PMC4922629 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0158089] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/24/2015] [Accepted: 06/10/2016] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Ammonia (NH3) emissions from animal manure are a significant environmental and public concern. Despite the numerous studies regarding NH3 emissions from manure, few of them have considered microbial nitrification approaches, especially fungal nitrification. In this study, a filamentous fungus was isolated from chicken manure and was used for nitrification. The species was Paecilomyces variotii by morphological characteristics and 18S rDNA gene sequencing. It played the biggest role in the removal of ammonium at pH 4.0-7.0, C/N ratio of 10-40, temperature of 25-37°C, shaking speed of 150 rpm, and with glucose as the available carbon source. Further analysis revealed that all ammonium was removed when the initial ammonium concentration was less than 100 mg/L; 40% ammonium was removed when the initial ammonium concentration was 1100 mg/L. The results showed that the concentration of ammonia from chicken manure with strain Paecilomyces variotii was significantly lower than that in the control group. We concluded that Paecilomyces variotii has good potential for future applications in in situ ammonium removal as well as ammonia emissions control from poultry manure.
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- Zhiyun Liu
- The key laboratory of Feed Biotechnology of Ministry of Agriculture, Feed Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China
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- The key laboratory of Feed Biotechnology of Ministry of Agriculture, Feed Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China
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- The key laboratory of Feed Biotechnology of Ministry of Agriculture, Feed Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China
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- The key laboratory of Feed Biotechnology of Ministry of Agriculture, Feed Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China
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- The key laboratory of Feed Biotechnology of Ministry of Agriculture, Feed Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China
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- The key laboratory of Feed Biotechnology of Ministry of Agriculture, Feed Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China
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- The key laboratory of Feed Biotechnology of Ministry of Agriculture, Feed Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin, China
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- The key laboratory of Feed Biotechnology of Ministry of Agriculture, Feed Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China
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