New concepts on carbon redirection in wastewater treatment plants: A review

I Sancho, S Lopez-Palau, N Arespacochaga… - Science of the Total …, 2019 - Elsevier
Wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) are no longer considered pollution removal systems
but rather resources (nutrients and energy) recovery plants. Legislation imposing more …

Moving forward with A-stage and high-rate contact-stabilization for energy efficient water resource recovery facility: Mechanisms, factors, practical approach, and …

A Rahman, M Hasan, F Meerburg, JA Jimenez… - Journal of Water …, 2020 - Elsevier
High-rate activated sludge systems (HRAS) are gaining attention in Water Resource
Recovery Facilities (WRRFs) seeking to become energy efficient wastewater treatment. One …

Mass-immigration determines the assembly of activated sludge microbial communities

G Dottorini, TY Michaelsen… - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - National Acad Sciences
The assembly of bacterial communities in wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) is affected
by immigration via wastewater streams, but the impact and extent of bacterial immigrants are …

Stream microbial communities and ecosystem functioning show complex responses to multiple stressors in wastewater

FJ Burdon, Y Bai, M Reyes, M Tamminen… - Global change …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Multiple anthropogenic drivers are changing ecosystems globally, with a disproportionate
and intensifying impact on freshwater habitats. A major impact of urbanization are inputs …

Geographical Patterns of nirS Gene Abundance and nirS-Type Denitrifying Bacterial Community Associated with Activated Sludge from Different Wastewater …

H Zhang, J Feng, S Chen, Z Zhao, B Li, Y Wang, J Jia… - Microbial ecology, 2019 - Springer
Denitrifying bacteria is a driver of nitrogen removal process in wastewater treatment
ecosystem. However, the geographical characteristics of denitrifying bacterial communities …

Environmental impact of microbial protein from potato wastewater as feed ingredient: Comparative consequential life cycle assessment of three production systems …

M Spiller, M Muys, G Papini, M Sakarika, M Buyle… - Water research, 2020 - Elsevier
Livestock production is utilizing large amounts of protein-rich feed ingredients such as
soybean meal. The proven negative environmental impacts of soybean meal production …

Generation of comprehensive ecosystem-specific reference databases with species-level resolution by high-throughput full-length 16S rRNA gene sequencing and …

MS Dueholm, KS Andersen, SJ McIlroy, JM Kristensen… - MBio, 2020 - Am Soc Microbiol
High-throughput 16S rRNA gene amplicon sequencing is an essential method for studying
the diversity and dynamics of microbial communities. However, this method is presently …

Impact of seed sludge characteristics on granulation and performance of aerobic granular sludge process

S Kosar, O Isik, Y Akdag, H Gulhan, I Koyuncu… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2022 - Elsevier
Characteristics of seed sludge are of great importance in granulation and treatment
performance of aerobic granular sludge process. Fast-settling floccular sludge has been …

Detection of comammox bacteria in full-scale wastewater treatment bioreactors using tag-454-pyrosequencing

A Gonzalez-Martinez, A Rodriguez-Sanchez… - … Science and Pollution …, 2016 - Springer
The nitrogen cycle has been expanded with the recent discovery of Nitrospira strains that
can conduct complete ammonium oxidation (commamox). Their importance in the nitrogen …

Life on N2O: deciphering the ecophysiology of N2O respiring bacterial communities in a continuous culture

M Conthe, L Wittorf, JG Kuenen… - The ISME …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Reduction of the greenhouse gas N2O to N2 is a trait among denitrifying and non-
denitrifying microorganisms having an N2O reductase, encoded by nosZ. The nosZ …