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Front. Environ. Sci. Eng.    2022, Vol. 16 Issue (7) : 87    https://doi.org/10.1007/s11783-021-1495-2
REVIEW ARTICLE
Quorum sensing regulation methods and their effects on biofilm in biological waste treatment systems: A review
Zhuqiu Sun1, Jinying Xi1,2(), Chunping Yang3,4, Wenjie Cong1
1. Environmental Simulation and Pollution Control State Key Joint Laboratory, School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
2. State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Microorganism Application and Risk Control (SMARC), Beijing 100084, China
3. Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Petrochemical Pollution Processes and Control, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Guangdong University of Petrochemical Technology, Maoming 525099, China
4. College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Hunan University and Key Laboratory of Environmental Biology and Pollution Control (Hunan University), Ministry of Education, Changsha 410082, China
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Abstract

• Quorum sensing enhancement and inhibition methods are summarized.

• Effects of quorum sensing regulation on biofilm are reviewed.

• Current knowledge gaps and research challenges are proposed.

Quorum sensing (QS) plays an important role in microbial aggregation control. Recently, the optimization of biological waste treatment systems by QS regulation gained an increasing attention. The effects of QS regulation on treatment performances and biofilm were frequently investigated. To understand the state of art of QS regulation, this review summarizes the methods of QS enhancement and QS inhibition in biological waste treatment systems. Typical QS enhancement methods include adding exogenous QS molecules, adding QS accelerants and cultivating QS bacteria, while typical QS inhibition methods include additions of quorum quenching (QQ) bacteria, QS-degrading enzymes, QS-degrading oxidants, and QS inhibitors. The specific improvements after applying these QS regulation methods in different treatment systems are concluded. In addition, the effects of QS regulation methods on biofilm in biological waste treatment systems are reviewed in terms of biofilm formation, extracellular polymeric substances production, microbial viability, and microbial community. In the end, the knowledge gaps in current researches are analyzed, and the requirements for future study are suggested.
Keywords Quorum sensing      Biological waste treatment      Biofilm formation     
Corresponding Author(s): Jinying Xi   
Issue Date: 02 November 2021
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Zhuqiu Sun,Jinying Xi,Chunping Yang, et al. Quorum sensing regulation methods and their effects on biofilm in biological waste treatment systems: A review[J]. Front. Environ. Sci. Eng., 2022, 16(7): 87.
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Fig.1  Schematic diagram of QS processes for different signaling molecules.
QS enhancement methods Additives Concentration Bioreactor Indicators Performance* Reference
Adding exogenous QS signaling molecules C8-HSL 100 nmol/L MBBR NH4+-N removal + Huang et al., 2020
Mixture of AHLs (C6-, C8-, 3-OXO-C12-and C14-HSL) 1000 nmol/L SBBR COD removal +3% Hu et al., 2016a
Quinolone 100 nmol/L MFC Power density +30% Monzon et al., 2016
3OC6-HSL 10000 nmol/L MEC Current – Liu et al., 2015
C6-HSL 100 nmol/L MBBR NH4+-N removal −20% Fan et al., 2019)
Phenylethanol, tryptophol, tyrosol 10? μmol/L MFC Current density and electrons transfer + Christwardana et al., 2019
Adding accelerator of QS signaling molecules synthesis Boron 60 μmol/L BEFC Voltage output +15 mV Cevik et al., 2020
Fulvic acid 0.5–1 mmol/L Anammox system Nitrogen removal + Liu et al., 2020
Cultivating QS bacteria Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Vibrio harveyi, Xanthomonas campestris NA EGSB COD removal + Ding et al., 2015
Sphingomonas rubra 10 mL bacterium solution with OD600 = 1.5 MBBR COD and NH4+-N removal + Wang et al., 2019
Centrifugation residual Aeromonas sp. A-L3 Strain suspension with a volume ratio of 2% Aerobic granular sludge reactors COD removal +7% Gao et al., 2019
Tab.1  QS enhancement methods and their effects on performance of biological treatment systems
QS inhibition methods Additives Bioreactor Indicators Performance* Reference
Cultivating quorum quenching (QQ) strains Recombinant E. coli. and Rhodococcus sp. BH4 MBR Transmembrane pressure – Oh et al., 2012
Rhodococcus sp. BH4 MBR Chemical oxygen demand (COD) removal ≈ Ouyang et al., 2020
Penicillium restrictum CBS 367.48 MBR Sulfamethoxazole and erythromycin + Fakhri et al., 2021
Lactobacillus sp. SBR04MA MBR COD removal ≈ Kampouris et al., 2018
Bacillus sp. T5 and Delftia lacustris T6 MBR Transmembrane pressure – Yavuztürk Gül and Koyuncu, 2017
Adding degrading enzymes Acylase MBR COD removal ≈ Yeon et al., 2009
Porcine kidney acylase I MBR Transmembrane pressure – Jiang et al., 2013b
Acylase Nanofiltration Flux profiles + Kim et al., 2011
Degrading QS signaling molecules by ROS Long-wave UV MBR TOC, COD, TN, TP, and NH4+-N removal ≈ Zhang et al., 2019b
TiO2 nanoparticles under UV irradiation MBR COD removal + Mehmood et al., 2021
Electric field EMBR Phenol degradation rate + Jiang et al., 2020
Adding QS inhibitors Vanillin RO Biofilm formation – Ponnusamy et al., 2009
3,3′,4',5-tetrachlorosalicylanilide MBR Ammonium removal ≈ Feng et al., 2020
Piper betle extract MBR Transmembrane pressure – Siddiqui et al., 2012
Tab.2  QS inhibition methods and their effects on performance of biological waste treatment systems
Fig.2  Biofilm formation in QS enhanced systems observed by LSCM.
Methods of QS inhibition Target signal molecule Bioreactor Wastewater Time EPS production* Reference
QQ consortia AHLs MBR Domestic 59 d −55% (Protein)
−60% (Carbohydrates)		 Yu et al., 2018
Facultative QQ consortiums-C6 C6-HSL MBR Domestic 7 d −72% Xu et al., 2020
Facultative QQ consortiums-C8 C8-HSL −36%
Facultative QQ consortiums-C10 C10-HSL −66%
Rhodococcus sp. BH4 AHLs MBR Synthetic and municipal 100 d −9% (Protein) Iqbal et al., 2018
−9% (Carbohydrates)
Rhodococcus sp. BH4 AHLs MBR Synthetic 80 d −70% (Protein) Weerasekara et al., 2016
−50% (Carbohydrates)
Recombinant Escherichia coli TOP10-AiiO AHLs RO Synthetic 109 h −35% (Protein)
−43% (Polysaccharides)		 Oh et al., 2017
Acylase-Immobilized Nanofiltration Membrane AHLs Nanofiltration Synthetic 5 d – (Polysaccharides) Kim et al., 2011
Rhodococcus sp. BH4 AHLs MBR Synthetic 30 d −25% (Polysaccharides)
−50% (Protein)		 Ergön-Can et al., 2017
Tab.3  EPS production in QS inhibited systems
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