Niche Differentiation among Three Closely RelatedCompetibacteraceaeClades at a Full-Scale Activated Sludge Wastewater Treatment Plant and Putative Linkages to Process Performance | Zendy

Veronica R. Brand | Zendy; Laurel D. Crosby | Zendy; Craig S. Criddle | Zendy

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Niche Differentiation among Three Closely RelatedCompetibacteraceaeClades at a Full-Scale Activated Sludge Wastewater Treatment Plant and Putative Linkages to Process Performance

Author(s) -

Veronica R. Brand,

Laurel D. Crosby,

Craig S. Criddle

Publication year - 2018

Publication title -

applied and environmental microbiology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.552

H-Index - 324

eISSN - 1070-6291

pISSN - 0099-2240

DOI - 10.1128/aem.02301-18

Subject(s) - activated sludge , niche , wastewater , sewage treatment , biology , clade , scale (ratio) , ecology , evolutionary biology , gene , genetics , environmental science , environmental engineering , phylogenetics , geography , cartography

Members of the Competibacter lineage are relevant in biotechnology as glycogen-accumulating organisms (GAOs). Here, we document the presence of threeCompetibacteraceae clades in a full-scale activated sludge wastewater treatment plant and their linkage to specific operational conditions. We find evidence for niche differentiation among the three clades with temporal variability in clade dominance that correlates with operational changes at the treatment plant. Specifically, we observe episodic dominance of a likely motile clade during periods of elevated effluent turbidity, as well as episodic dominance of closely related nonmotile clades that likely enhance floc formation during periods of low effluent turbidity.

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