The Phylogeny, Biodiversity, and Ecology of the Chloroflexi in Activated Sludge.

ABSTRACT: It is now clear that several of the filamentous bacteria in activated sludge wastewater treatment plants globally, are members of the phylum Chloroflexi. They appear to be more commonly found in treatment plants designed to remove nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P), most of which operate at long sludge ages and expose the biomass to anaerobic conditions. The Chloroflexi seem to play an important beneficial role in providing the filamentous scaffolding around which flocs are formed, to feed on the debris from lysed bacterial cells, to ferment carbohydrates and to degrade other complex polymeric organic compounds to low molecular weight substrates to support their growth and that of other bacterial populations. A few commonly extend beyond the floc surface, while others can align

SUBMITTER: Speirs LBM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6753630 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature