Bacterial assembly and temporal dynamics in activated sludge of a full-scale municipal wastewater treatment plant

ISME Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 683-695

  Ju, Feng ^a   Zhang, Tong ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; GENE EXPRESSION; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; PHYLOGENETICS; TAXONOMY; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

SEWAGE;

BACTERIUM; BIODIVERSITY; CLASSIFICATION; ECOSYSTEM; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; SEWAGE; WASTE DISPOSAL FACILITY;

BACTERIA; BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM; SEWAGE; WASTE DISPOSAL FACILITIES;

EID: 84923382551     PISSN: 17517362     EISSN: 17517370     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ismej.2014.162     Document Type: Article

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