'Candidatus Competibacter'-lineage genomes retrieved from metagenomes reveal functional metabolic diversity

ISME Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 613-624

  McIlroy, Simon J ^a   Albertsen, Mads ^a   Andresen, Eva K ^a   Saunders, Aaron M ^a   Kristiansen, Rikke ^a   Stokholm Bjerregaard, Mikkel ^a,b   Nielsen, Kåre L ^a   Nielsen, Per H ^a  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b Veolia Water Solutions & Technologies   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Competibacter; EBPR; GAO; metabolic model; metagenomics; PAO

Indexed keywords

CARBON; GLYCOGEN; PHOSPHORUS; POLYPHOSPHATE;

AEROBIC METABOLISM; ANAEROBIC GROWTH; ARTICLE; BIOREACTOR; CLASSIFICATION; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; GENETICS; METABOLISM; METAGENOME; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; WASTE WATER; WATER MANAGEMENT;

AEROBIOSIS; ANAEROBIOSIS; BIOREACTORS; CARBON; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; GLYCOGEN; METAGENOME; PHOSPHORUS; PHYLOGENY; POLYPHOSPHATES; WASTE WATER; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 84894334250     PISSN: 17517362     EISSN: 17517370     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ismej.2013.162     Document Type: Article

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