Microbial contributions to phosphorus cycling in eutrophic lakes and wastewater

Annual Review of Microbiology

Volumn 67, Issue , 2013, Pages 199-219

  McMahon, Katherine D ^a,b   Read, Emily K ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

^c CARY INSTITUTE OF ECOSYSTEM STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

"Candidatus Accumulibacter," Tetrasphaera; Activated sludge; Cyanobacteria; Eutrophication

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; PHOSPHORUS; POLYPHOSPHATE;

ACINETOBACTER; ACTINOBACTERIA; ACTINOMYCETALES; ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; ARTICLE; BACTEROIDETES; BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; BIODIVERSITY; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLING; CYANOBACTERIUM; FIBROBACTER; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; LAKE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROCYSTIS; NONHUMAN; ORGANISMAL INTERACTION; PHENOTYPE; PHOSPHATE METABOLISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEOBACTERIA; SYNECHOCOCCUS; VERRUCOMICROBIA; WASTE WATER; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

BACTERIA; ECOSYSTEM; LAKES; PHOSPHORUS; WASTE WATER;

EID: 84884508861     PISSN: 00664227     EISSN: 15453251     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-micro-092412-155713     Document Type: Article

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