The activated sludge ecosystem contains a core community of abundant organisms

ISME Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 11-20

  Saunders, Aaron M ^a   Albertsen, Mads ^a   Vollertsen, Jes ^a   Nielsen, Per H ^a  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; BACTERIUM; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL ECOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; WASTE FACILITY;

BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; NITROSPIRA; NITROSPIRAE; OTUS;

RNA 16S; SEWAGE; WASTE WATER;

BACTERIUM; CLASSIFICATION; DENMARK; ECOSYSTEM; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; SEWAGE; WASTE WATER;

BACTERIA; DENMARK; ECOSYSTEM; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEWAGE; WASTE WATER;

EID: 84939208776     PISSN: 17517362     EISSN: 17517370     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ismej.2015.117     Document Type: Article

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