Metabolic model for the filamentous 'Candidatus Microthrix parvicella' based on genomic and metagenomic analyses

ISME Journal

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1161-1172

  Mcilroy, Simon Jon ^a   Kristiansen, Rikke ^a   Albertsen, Mads ^a   Karst, Søren Michael ^a   Rossetti, Simona ^b   Nielsen, Jeppe Lund ^a   Tandoi, Valter ^b   Seviour, Robert James ^c   Nielsen, Per Halkjær ^a  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b WATER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^c LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Activated sludge bulking and foaming; Filamentous bacteria; Lipid accumulating bacteria; Microthrix parvicella; Triacylglycerol; Whole genome sequence

Indexed keywords

FATTY ACID;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ALCOHOL; ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BACTERIUM; BIOTECHNOLOGY; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FATTY ACID; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOME; LIPID; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; OXIDATION; PHOSPHORUS; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; SEPARATION; SLUDGE; WASTE FACILITY; WASTE TREATMENT;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; GENETICS; METABOLISM; METAGENOMICS; MICROBIOLOGY; SEWAGE; WATER MANAGEMENT;

ACTINOBACTERIA; FATTY ACIDS; GENOME, BACTERIAL; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; METAGENOMICS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SEWAGE; WATER PURIFICATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANDIDATUS MICROTHRIX; CANDIDATUS MICROTHRIX PARVICELLA;

EID: 84878343607     PISSN: 17517362     EISSN: 17517370     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ismej.2013.6     Document Type: Article

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