Metagenomic analysis of sludge from full-scale anaerobic digesters operated in municipal wastewater treatment plants

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 98, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 5709-5718

  Yang, Ying ^a   Yu, Ke ^a   Xia, Yu ^a   Lau, Frankie T K ^b   Tang, Daniel T W ^b   Fung, Wing Cheong ^b   Fang, Herbert H P ^a   Zhang, Tong ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b Drainage Services Department   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Anaerobic digestion sludge; Functional SEED subsystems; Methanogenesis pathway; Taxonomic analysis

Indexed keywords

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; BIOACTIVITY; GENES; MICROORGANISMS; SEWAGE PUMPING PLANTS; SLUDGE DIGESTION; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

ANAEROBIC SLUDGE DIGESTION; FUNCTIONAL SEED SUBSYSTEMS; HIGH-THROUGHPUT SEQUENCING; METHANOGENESIS; METHANOGENIC PATHWAYS; MUNICIPAL WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS; TAXONOMIC ANALYSIS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

DECELERATION;

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; GENOMICS; METABOLISM; METHANOGENESIS; METHANOGENIC BACTERIUM; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; SLUDGE; TAXONOMY; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; ARTICLE; BACTEROIDETES; DNA SEQUENCE; FECES; FIRMICUTES; HIGH THROUGHPUT SEQUENCING; METAGENOMICS; METHANOGENESIS; METHANOGENIC BACTERIUM; METHANOSAETA; METHANOSARCINA; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; PROTEOBACTERIA; REPRODUCIBILITY; TAXONOMY; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT; ANAEROBIC GROWTH; ARCHAEON; BACTERIUM; BIOLOGY; BIOTA; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; GENETICS; HUMAN; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; SEWAGE; WATER MANAGEMENT;

BACTEROIDETES; FIRMICUTES; METHANOSAETA; METHANOSARCINA; PROTEOBACTERIA;

ARCHAEAL DNA; BACTERIAL DNA; RIBOSOME DNA; RNA 16S; SEWAGE;

ANAEROBIOSIS; ARCHAEA; BACTERIA; BIOTA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; DNA, ARCHAEAL; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; HUMANS; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEWAGE; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 84903819288     PISSN: 01757598     EISSN: 14320614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00253-014-5648-0     Document Type: Article

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