Understanding diversity and assembly patterns of microbial communities in activated sludge
(AS) is pivotal for addressing fundamental ecological questions and wastewater treatment …

The microbial populations in 25 full-scale activated sludge wastewater treatment plants with
enhanced biological phosphorus removal (EBPR plants) have been intensively studied over …

Denitrification is essential to the removal of nitrogen from wastewater during treatment, yet
an understanding of the diversity of the active denitrifying bacteria responsible in full‐scale …

Functional Bacteria and Archaea community structures of a full-scale anaerobic sludge
digester were investigated by using a full-cycle 16S rRNA approach followed by …

The FISH Handbook for Biological Wastewater Treatment provides all the required
information for the user to be able to identify and quantify important microorganisms in …

Excessive growth of filamentous bacteria in activated sludge wastewater treatment plants
(WWTPs) can cause serious operational problems. With some filaments there may be the …

The abundance of potential denitrifiers in full-scale wastewater treatment plants with
biological nitrogen and phosphorus removal was investigated by FISH and various …

A new approach for quantification of extracellular DNA (eDNA) in mixed biofilms at
microscale resolution was developed and combined with other staining techniques to …

The identity and ecophysiology of a group of uncultured protein-hydrolyzing epiphytic rods
attached to filamentous bacteria in activated sludge from nutrient removal plants were …

Amyloid proteins (fimbriae or other microbial surface-associated structures) are expressed
by many types of bacteria, not yet identified, in biofilms from various habitats, where they …