Insights into the microbial diversity and structure in a full-scale municipal wastewater treatment plant with particular regard to Archaea.

ABSTRACT: Due to limited description of the role and diversity of archaea in WWTPs, the aim of the study was to analyze microbial community structures and diversities with particular regard to Archaea in the samples taken from different stages of the full-scale municipal wastewater treatment plant and effluent receiving water (upstream and downstream discharge point). Our study was focused on showing how the treatment processes influenced the Eubacteria and Archaea composition. Alpha and Beta diversity were used to evaluate the microbial diversity changes in the collected samples. Proteobacteria was the largest fraction ranging from 28% to 67% with 56% relative abundance across all samples. Archaea were present in all stages of WWTP ranged from 1 to 8%. Among the Archaea, two groups of methanogens,

SUBMITTER: Plaza G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8075261 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature