Microbial biogeography across a full-scale wastewater treatment plant transect: Evidence for immigration between coupled processes

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 98, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 4723-4736

  Wells, George F ^a,h   Wu, Cindy H ^b   Piceno, Yvette M ^b   Eggleston, Brad ^c   Brodie, Eoin L ^b   DeSantis, Todd Z ^b,d   Andersen, Gary L ^b   Hazen, Terry C ^e,f   Francis, Christopher A ^g   Criddle, Craig S ^a  

^a Stanford University   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c Palo Alto Regional Water Quality Control Plant   (United States)

^d Second Genome Inc   (United States)

^e University of Tennessee Knoxville   (United States)

^f OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^g STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h Northwestern University   (United States)

Author keywords

Activated sludge; Ammonia oxidizing bacteria; Immigration; PhyloChip; Sloughing; Trickling filter

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIOCONVERSION; BIOFILMS; BIOREACTORS; ECOLOGY; EFFLUENTS; NITROGEN OXIDES; SEWAGE PUMPING PLANTS; TOXICITY; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; AMMONIA OXIDIZING BACTERIA; IMMIGRATION; PHYLOCHIP; SLOUGHING; TRICKLING FILTER;

FILTERS (FOR FLUIDS);

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; BACTERIUM; BIOFILM; BIOGEOGRAPHY; BIOREACTOR; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; EFFLUENT; FILTER; IMMIGRATION; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; ORGANIC MATTER; PHYLOGENETICS; SEWAGE TREATMENT; SPATIAL VARIATION; WASTEWATER;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; AMMONIA OXIDIZING BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; BIOFILM; BIOGEOGRAPHY; BIOREACTOR; DNA EXTRACTION; EFFLUENT; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; NITROSOMONAS EUROPAEA; NONHUMAN; TRICKLING FILTER; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT; WATER SAMPLING; BIOTA; CHEMISTRY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; WASTE WATER; WATER MANAGEMENT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; NITROSOMONADALES; NITROSOMONAS; NITROSOMONAS EUROPAEA;

AMMONIA MONOOXYGENASE; NITRITE; OXIDOREDUCTASE; WASTE WATER;

BIOREACTORS; BIOTA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NITRITES; OXIDOREDUCTASES; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; WASTE WATER; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 84900833817     PISSN: 01757598     EISSN: 14320614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00253-014-5564-3     Document Type: Article

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