Metagenomes obtained by 'deep sequencing' - What do they tell about the enhanced biological phosphorus removal communities?

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 68, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1959-1968

  Albertsen, Mads ^a   Saunders, Aaron M ^a   Nielsen, Kåre L ^a   Nielsen, Per H ^a  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Accumulibacter; Enhanced biological phosphorus removal; Metagenomics; Micro diversity

Indexed keywords

ACCUMULIBACTER; ENHANCED BIOLOGICAL PHOSPHORUS REMOVAL; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; METAGENOMICS; MICRO-DIVERSITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES; SELECTION PRESSURES; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; MICROORGANISMS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

GENE ENCODING;

PHOSPHORUS;

BACTERIUM; GENOME; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; OPTIMIZATION; PHOSPHORUS; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; SPECIES DIVERSITY; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; ARTICLE; BACILLI; BACTERIAL GENOME; BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA EXTRACTION; GENE SEQUENCE; HEAVY METAL REMOVAL; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; METAGENOME; METAGENOMICS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; SPHINGOBACTERIA; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

BACTERIA; BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; BIOTA; DENMARK; DNA, BACTERIAL; HIGH-THROUGHPUT NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCING; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; METAGENOME; PHOSPHORUS; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84890251556     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2013.441     Document Type: Article

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