The retention of dense and well-functioning microbial biomass is crucial for effective
pollutant removal in several biological wastewater treatment technologies. High solids …

The assembly of bacterial communities in wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) is affected
by immigration via wastewater streams, but the impact and extent of bacterial immigrants are …

The cycle of life and death and Earth's carbon cycle (s) are intimately linked, yet how
bacterial cells, one of the largest pools of biomass on Earth, are recycled back into the …

The highly complex microbial communities in biofilm play crucial roles in the pollutant
removal performance of wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs). In the present study, using …

Factors shaping community patterns of microorganisms are controversially discussed.
Physical and chemical factors certainly limit the survival of individual taxa and maintenance …

Around the world, water scarcity is advocating for treated wastewater (TWW) reuse,
especially for agricultural irrigation. However, TWW contains inorganic substances …

We present here the first detailed description of the seasonal patterns in bacterial community
composition (BCC) in shelf waters off the Ría de Vigo (Spain), based on monthly samplings …

Coke-oven wastewater discharged from the steel-manufacturing process is phenol and
thiocyanate (SCN)-rich wastewater, which inhibits microbial activities in biological …

Various microorganisms play key roles in the nitrogen (N) cycle. Quantitative PCR (qPCR)
and PCR amplicon sequencing of N cycle functional genes allow us to analyze the …

Eukaryotes are important components of ecosystems in wastewater treatment processes.
However, little is known about eukaryotic community in anaerobic wastewater treatment …