Microbial Diversity and Community Structure of Wastewater-Driven Microalgal Biofilms.

ABSTRACT: Dwindling water sources increase the need for efficient wastewater treatment. Solar-driven algal turf scrubber (ATS) system may remediate wastewater by supporting the development and growth of periphytic microbiomes that function and interact in a highly dynamic manner through symbiotic interactions. Using ITS and 16S rRNA gene amplicon sequencing, we profiled the microbial communities of four microbial biofilms from ATS systems operated with municipal wastewater (mWW), diluted cattle and pig manure (CattleM and PigM), and biogas plant effluent supernatant (BGE) in comparison to the initial inocula and the respective wastewater substrates. The wastewater-driven biofilms differed significantly in their biodiversity and structure, exhibiting an inocula-independent but substrate-dependent est

SUBMITTER: Blifernez-Klassen O 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10745310 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature