Machine learning-aided analyses of thousands of draft genomes reveal specific features of activated sludge processes.

Journal: Microbiome
Published Date: Feb 11, 2020

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Microorganisms in activated sludge (AS) play key roles in the wastewater treatment processes. However, their ecological behaviors and differences from microorganisms in other environments have mainly been studied using the 16S rRNA gene that may not truly represent in situ functions.

Authors

  • Lin Ye
    Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, China.
  • Ran Mei
    Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 3207 Newmark Civil Engineering Laboratory, 205 North Mathews Ave, Urbana, IL, 61801, USA.
  • Wen-Tso Liu
    Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 3207 Newmark Civil Engineering Laboratory, 205 North Mathews Ave, Urbana, IL, 61801, USA. wtliu@illinois.edu.
  • Hongqiang Ren
    State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, School of the Environment, Nanjing University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China.
  • Xu-Xiang Zhang
    State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, School of the Environment, Nanjing University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China. zhangxx@nju.edu.cn.

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