Profiling bulking and foaming bacteria in activated sludge by high throughput sequencing

Water Research

Volumn 46, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 2772-2782

  Guo, Feng ^a   Zhang, Tong ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Activated sludge; Bacteria; Bulking; Foaming; High throughput sequencing

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS; GENES; OLIGONUCLEOTIDES; RNA; THROUGHPUT; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

16S RRNA GENE; 16S RRNA GENE SEQUENCE; ACTIVATED SLUDGE; BACTERIA COMMUNITY; BULKING; FOAMING; HIGH-THROUGHPUT SEQUENCING; MOLECULAR METHODS; SUB-DOMINANT; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

BACTERIA;

ABUNDANCE; ACTIVATED SLUDGE; BACTERIUM; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; TAXONOMY; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BULKING AND FOAMING BACTERIUM; FOAMING; GENE SEQUENCE; GORDONIA AMARAE; HIGH THROUGHPUT SEQUENCING; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROTHRIX; MYCOBACTERIUM FORTUITUM; NONHUMAN; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TAXONOMY; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANDIDATUS MICROTHRIX PARVICELLA; MYCOBACTERIUM FORTUITUM; NOSTOCOIDA LIMICOLA I;

EID: 84863412215     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2012.02.039     Document Type: Article

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