A metagenome of a full-scale microbial community carrying out enhanced biological phosphorus removal

ISME Journal

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1094-1106

  Albertsen, Mads ^a   Hansen, Lea Benedicte Skov ^a   Saunders, Aaron Marc ^a   Nielsen, Per Halkjær ^a   Nielsen, Kåre Lehmann ^a  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Accumulibacter; activated sludge; EBPR; metagenomics; microdiversity

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; PHOSPHORUS; RNA 16S;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; BACTERIUM; BIODEGRADATION; BIOFILM; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOMICS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; PHOSPHORUS; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; SPECIES DIVERSITY; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; METAGENOME; MICROBIOLOGY; SEWAGE; WASTE WATER;

BACTERIA; DNA, BACTERIAL; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; METAGENOME; PHOSPHORUS; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEWAGE; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WASTE WATER;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 84861346969     PISSN: 17517362     EISSN: 17517370     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ismej.2011.176     Document Type: Article

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