Wastewater Treatment Reactors: Microbial Community Structure

Microbial communities are extremely complex, containing thousands of species, where the exact function of most species is unknown. In addition to this complexity, microbial communities respond quickly to alterations in physico-chemical parameters of their habitat. However, the physiological consequences of such changes for higher trophic levels and for the respective ecosystem are mostly unknown. Wastewater Treatment Reactors: Microbial Community Structure focuses on the following: analyses of microbial community structure in relation to changes in physico-chemical parameters; analyses of gene content (metagenome) or gene expression (metatranscriptome) of microbial communities in relation to changes in physico-chemical parameters; physiological analyses of microbial communities, enrichment cultures or pure cultures of key species in relation to changes in physico-chemical parameters; and analyses and modelling of potential consequences of changes in microbial community structure or function for higher trophic levels in a given habitat. Several studies have been carried out to understand bulking phenomena and the importance of environmental factors on sludge settling characteristics, which are thought to be strongly influenced by flocculation, sludge bulking, foaming and rising. The temporal dynamics of bacterial communities are also discussed. Describes the state-of-the-art techniques and the application of omics tools in wastewater treatment reactors (WWTRs)Describes both the theoretical and practical knowledge on the fundamental roles of microorganisms in WWTRsPoints out the reuse of treated wastewater through emerging technologiesDiscusses the economics of wastewater treatment and the development of suitable alternatives in terms of performance and cost effectivenessDiscusses cutting-edge molecular biological toolsGives an in-depth knowledge to study microbial community structure and function in wastewater treatment reactors INDICE: 1. Observation and model analysis for the bacterial community structure of activated sludge2. Stability, persistence and resilience in anaerobic reactors: a community unveiled3. Strategic approach for characterization of bacterial community in enhanced biological phosphate removal process 4. Analysis of complex microbial communities in soil and wastewater treatment processes by the cloning method5. Microbial community analysis of thermophilic contact oxidation process by using the PCR-DGGE method6. Relating function and community structure of complex microbial systems using neural networks7. Microbial diversity, interactions and biodegradation/biotransformation of organic and inorganic contaminants8. Comparison of microbial communities in anaerobic granulated sludge reactors treating benzoate, methyl benzoate and terephthalate9. Metagenomics: a powerful lens viewing the microbial world10. Exploring the neighbourhood in the metagenome universe11. A comprehensive insight into tetracycline resistant bacteria and antibiotic resistance genes in activated sludge using next-generation sequencing12. Response of microbial communities to environmental changes13. Dynamics of the bacterial community associated with Pseudomonas cultures14. Environmental microbial community proteomics: status, challenges and perspectives15. Modeling microbial communities: a call for collaboration between experimentalists and theorists16. Towards a better understanding of microbial community dynamics through high-throughput cultivation and data integration

• ISBN: 978-0-12-823991-9
• Editorial: Elsevier
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 612
• Fecha Publicación: 01/05/2021
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés