Metagenomic insights into Cr(VI) effect on microbial communities and functional genes of an expanded granular sludge bed reactor treating high-nitrate wastewater

Water Research

Volumn 76, Issue , 2015, Pages 43-52

  Miao, Yu ^a   Liao, Runhua ^a,b   Zhang, Xu Xiang ^a   Wang, Yuan ^c   Wang, Zhu ^a   Shi, Peng ^a   Liu, Bo ^a   Li, Aimin ^a,d  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b JINGDEZHEN CERAMIC INSTITUTE   (China)

^c Jiangsu Provincial Academy of Environmental Science   (China)

^d National Engineering Research Center of Organic Pollution Control and Resources Reuse   (China)

Author keywords

Denitrification; Functional genes; Hexavalent chromium; High throughput sequencing; Microbial community

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIODIVERSITY; BIOREACTORS; CHROMIUM COMPOUNDS; DENITRIFICATION; GENES; GRANULAR MATERIALS; MICROORGANISMS; NITRATES; NITROGEN REMOVAL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

EXPANDED GRANULAR SLUDGE BED REACTOR; FUNCTIONAL GENES; HEXAVALENT CHROMIUM; HIGH NITRATE WASTEWATER; HIGH-THROUGHPUT SEQUENCING; METAGENOMIC ANALYSIS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES; QUANTITATIVE REAL TIME PCR;

CHROMIUM;

CHROMIUM; NITRATE; RNA 16S; CHROMIUM HEXAVALENT ION; NITRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; SEWAGE;

BACTERIOLOGY; BACTERIUM; BIOREACTOR; CHROMIUM; DENITRIFICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOMICS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; SEWAGE TREATMENT; SLUDGE;

ARTICLE; BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; BIOREACTOR; DENITRIFICATION; EXPANDED GRANULAR SLUDGE BED REACTOR; GENE FUNCTION; HALOMONAS; HIGH THROUGHPUT SEQUENCING; METAGENOMICS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEOBACTERIA; PYROSEQUENCING; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; THAUERA; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM; BIODIVERSITY; DRUG EFFECTS; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL CONSORTIUM; MICROBIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SEWAGE; WATER MANAGEMENT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; HALOMONAS; PROTEOBACTERIA; THAUERA;

BACTERIA; BIODIVERSITY; BIOREACTORS; CHROMIUM; DENITRIFICATION; GENES, BACTERIAL; METAGENOMICS; MICROBIAL CONSORTIA; NITRATES; SEWAGE; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 84925003736     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2015.02.042     Document Type: Article

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