This study underlines the significance of long chain fatty acid (LCFA) content in wastewater influents as an influencing factor promoting the growth of Candidatus 'Microthrix parvicella' (M. parvicella), the most common filamentous bacteria causing foam in activated sludge systems worldwide. Quantification of M. parvicella by real-time polymerase chain reaction (real-time PCR) and analysis of LCFAs by means of two-dimensional gas chromatography coupled with mass spectrometry (GCxGC/qMS), involving solid phase micro-extraction (SPME) to enhance sensitivity, were combined for the first time as a monitoring tool. The results indicate a highly significant correlation between the abundance of M. parvicella and the total LCFA loading (r = 0.96) and linolenic acid C18:3 (r = 0.98) in particular. Additionally, comparison of slope values for the direct correlations of all significant LCFAs found in the analyses showed that the influence of LCFAs on M. parvicella growth increases with an increasing degree of unsaturation of carbon chains. These findings suggest that by removing lipid compounds from the incoming waters, substrate availability would be limited for M. parvicella.

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