Insights into microbial diversity in wastewater treatment systems: How far have we come?

I Ferrera, O Sanchez - Biotechnology advances, 2016 - Elsevier
Biological wastewater treatment processes are based on the exploitation of the concerted
activity of microorganisms. Knowledge on the microbial community structure and the links to …

Application of high-throughput sequencing technologies and analytical tools for pathogen detection in urban water systems: Progress and future perspectives

Y Zhao, F Huang, W Wang, R Gao, L Fan… - Science of the Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
The ubiquitous presence of pathogenic microorganisms, such as viruses, bacteria, fungi,
and protozoa, in urban water systems poses a significant risk to public health. The …

Bacterial community compositions of coking wastewater treatment plants in steel industry revealed by Illumina high-throughput sequencing

Q Ma, Y Qu, W Shen, Z Zhang, J Wang, Z Liu, D Li… - Bioresource …, 2015 - Elsevier
In this study, Illumina high-throughput sequencing was used to reveal the community
structures of nine coking wastewater treatment plants (CWWTPs) in China for the first time …

Pyrosequencing analysis of bacterial diversity in 14 wastewater treatment systems in China

X Wang, M Hu, Y **a, X Wen… - Applied and environmental …, 2012 - Am Soc Microbiol
To determine if there is a core microbial community in the microbial populations of different
wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) and to investigate the effects of wastewater …

Plasmid metagenome reveals high levels of antibiotic resistance genes and mobile genetic elements in activated sludge

T Zhang, XX Zhang, L Ye - PloS one, 2011 - journals.plos.org
The overuse or misuse of antibiotics has accelerated antibiotic resistance, creating a major
challenge for the public health in the world. Sewage treatment plants (STPs) are considered …

Fish gut microbiota analysis differentiates physiology and behavior of invasive Asian carp and indigenous American fish

L Ye, J Amberg, D Chapman, M Gaikowski… - The ISME …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Gut microbiota of invasive Asian silver carp (SVCP) and indigenous planktivorous gizzard
shad (GZSD) in Mississippi river basin were compared using 16S rRNA gene …

Microbial community structures in different wastewater treatment plants as revealed by 454-pyrosequencing analysis

M Hu, X Wang, X Wen, Y **a - Bioresource technology, 2012 - Elsevier
In this study, 454-pyrosequencing technology was employed to investigate the microbial
communities in 12 municipal wastewater treatment plants (WWPTs) with different treatment …

Bacterial communities in different sections of a municipal wastewater treatment plant revealed by 16S rDNA 454 pyrosequencing

L Ye, T Zhang - Applied microbiology and biotechnology, 2013 - Springer
In this study, we successfully demonstrated that 454 pyrosequencing was a powerful
approach for investigating the bacterial communities in the activated sludge, digestion …

Metagenomic and metatranscriptomic analysis of microbial community structure and gene expression of activated sludge

K Yu, T Zhang - PloS one, 2012 - journals.plos.org
The present study applied both metagenomic and metatranscriptomic approaches to
characterize microbial structure and gene expression of an activated sludge community from …

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

Y Miao, R Liao, XX Zhang, Y Wang, Z Wang, P Shi… - Water Research, 2015 - Elsevier
In this study, a lab-scale expanded granular sludge bed reactor was continuously operated
to treat high-nitrate wastewater containing different concentrations of hexavalent chromium …