Simultaneous nitrification and aerobic denitrification by a novel isolated Ochrobactrum anthropi HND19

[Display omitted] •A novel isolated strain HND19 was identified as Ochrobactrum anthropic.•The maximum removal rate of NH4+-N and NO3−-N reached 4.28 and 4.01 mg-N/(L·h).•The TN removal efficiency of strain HND19 achieved 73.4%.•The functional genes were successfully amplified from strain HND19. The study aimed to isolate a novel strain with heterotrophic nitrification and aerobic denitrification ability and evaluate the nitrogen removal characteristics. Results showed that Ochrobactrum anthropi HND19 could remove approximately 98.6% of NH4+-N (104.3 mg·L-1) and 97.6% of NO3−-N (98.6 mg·L-1), and the removal rates achieved 4.28 and 4.01 mg-N/(L·h) by heterotrophic nitrification and aerobic denitrification. The optimal incubate conditions of strain HND19 were 120 rpm (shaking speed), 5 ‰ (salinity), 30 °C (temperature), 7.5 (C/N ratio) with sodium acetate as carbon resource. And the removal efficiency of the total nitrogen (TN) realized 73.4% under the optimal conditions. Functional genes (hao, napA, nirK, norB, and nosZ) involved in the nitrogen removal processes were successfully amplified from strain HND19. These findings indicate that the strain HND19 possesses great application feasibility in treating wastewater with high-intensity nitrogen.