The increased use of fertilisers is a well-known problem; linked to this, there is an always higher demand for phosphorus (P). Because of this, it is crucial to use P from all possible sources and, if necessary, turn it into a soluble form, available for plants/crops. In this paper we report the use of aerobic phosphate solubilising bacteria (PSB) on the scales of the tilapia (Coptodon rendalli) fish, a waste from the food industry; this is the first time that PSB were employed on fish scales to mediate the available P. The scales were calcined to 700 °C to obtain a nanoscale powdery material (more easily solubilised), made of hydroxyapatite, Ca(PO)(OH), a calcium phosphate with very low solubility. Seventeen different PSB strains were tested for their ability to solubilise phosphate (commercial tricalcium phosphate - TCP) and hydroxyapatite from fish scale (FSHA). The best performing bacterial strain (Acidovorax oryzae ZS 1-7) led to a P solubilisation more than 60 times higher than the negative control - at 325mg/L, almost 40% of the available P was solubilised - one of the highest increased efficiencies reported for PBS. Such solubilisation was linked to a decrease of the pH to more acidic values of about 4. The strain ZS 1-7 showed higher P solubilisation efficiency with fish-derived FSHA than with commercial TCP. This approach showed a promising strategy for the valorisation of residues of the fish industry, turning them into a source of P, to be used for sustainable agriculture.

Employment of phosphate solubilising bacteria on fish scales - Turning food waste into an available phosphorus source

Piccirillo C;
2019

Abstract

The increased use of fertilisers is a well-known problem; linked to this, there is an always higher demand for phosphorus (P). Because of this, it is crucial to use P from all possible sources and, if necessary, turn it into a soluble form, available for plants/crops. In this paper we report the use of aerobic phosphate solubilising bacteria (PSB) on the scales of the tilapia (Coptodon rendalli) fish, a waste from the food industry; this is the first time that PSB were employed on fish scales to mediate the available P. The scales were calcined to 700 °C to obtain a nanoscale powdery material (more easily solubilised), made of hydroxyapatite, Ca(PO)(OH), a calcium phosphate with very low solubility. Seventeen different PSB strains were tested for their ability to solubilise phosphate (commercial tricalcium phosphate - TCP) and hydroxyapatite from fish scale (FSHA). The best performing bacterial strain (Acidovorax oryzae ZS 1-7) led to a P solubilisation more than 60 times higher than the negative control - at 325mg/L, almost 40% of the available P was solubilised - one of the highest increased efficiencies reported for PBS. Such solubilisation was linked to a decrease of the pH to more acidic values of about 4. The strain ZS 1-7 showed higher P solubilisation efficiency with fish-derived FSHA than with commercial TCP. This approach showed a promising strategy for the valorisation of residues of the fish industry, turning them into a source of P, to be used for sustainable agriculture.
2019
By-products valorisation
Fish scales
Hydroxyapatite
Phosphate solubilising bacteria (PSB)
Phosphorous
Solubilisation
Tilapia
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