Tracking human sewage microbiome in a municipal wastewater treatment plant

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 98, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 3317-3326

  Cai, Lin ^a   Ju, Feng ^a   Zhang, Tong ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

454 pyrosequencing; Activated sludge; Human sewage microbiome; Pathogens; Sewage; Wastewater treatment plant

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; EFFLUENTS; PATHOGENS; RNA; SEWAGE PUMPING PLANTS; TOXICITY; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

454-PYROSEQUENCING; ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; MASSIVELY PARALLEL SEQUENCING; MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES; MICROBIOME; MUNICIPAL WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

SEWAGE;

RNA 16S;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; BACTERIOLOGY; BACTERIUM; DISEASE INCIDENCE; EFFLUENT; ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; HEALTH RISK; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; PATHOGEN; PUBLIC HEALTH; SEWAGE TREATMENT; TRACKING;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ARTICLE; BACTEROIDETES; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; CHLOROFLEXI; CLOSTRIDIUM; CORYNEBACTERIUM; EFFLUENT; ENTEROCOCCUS; FAECALIBACTERIUM; FIRMICUTES; FUSOBACTERIA; GENE SEQUENCE; GENUS; HONG KONG; HUMAN; INTESTINE FLORA; LACTOBACILLUS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIOME; MORAXELLA; MOUTH CAVITY; MYCOBACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; PHYLUM; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; RUMINOCOCCUS; SEWAGE; STREPTOCOCCUS; VAGINA; VERRUCOMICROBIA; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT;

CHINA; HONG KONG;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

BACTERIA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; HONG KONG; HUMANS; METAGENOME; MICROBIOTA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEWAGE; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 84898866957     PISSN: 01757598     EISSN: 14320614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00253-013-5402-z     Document Type: Article

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