Metagenomic analysis reveals the prevalence of biodegradation genes for organic pollutants in activated sludge

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 129, Issue , 2013, Pages 209-218

  Fang, Hua ^a,b   Cai, Lin ^a   Yu, Yunlong ^b   Zhang, Tong ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Activated sludge; Biodegradation genes; High throughput sequencing; Metagenomic analysis; Organic pollutants

Indexed keywords

GENES; MICROBIOLOGY; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; PHENOLS; POLLUTION DETECTION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ACTIVATED SLUDGE; BACTERIAL GENUS; DATA SETS; HIGH-THROUGHPUT; ILLUMINA; METAGENOMIC ANALYSIS; PHENOL DEGRADATION; PROTEOBACTERIA; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

BIODEGRADATION;

ALKANE; BENZOIC ACID; BIPHENYL; CARBAZOLE DERIVATIVE; CYTOCHROME P450; FLAVONOID; MORPHOLINO OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; PHTHALIC ACID;

ABUNDANCE; ACTIVATED SLUDGE; BACTERIUM; BIODEGRADATION; DATA SET; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOMICS; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; SPECIES DIVERSITY; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ARTICLE; BACTEROIDETES; BIODEGRADATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HIGH THROUGHPUT SEQUENCING; METAGENOMICS; MYCOBACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; ORGANIC POLLUTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEOBACTERIA; REFERENCE DATABASE; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT;

EID: 84870859829     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: 18732976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2012.11.054     Document Type: Article

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