Effect of cadmium on composition and diversity of bacterial communities in activated sludges

• Published in: International biodeterioration & biodegradation Vol. 55; no. 4; pp. 285 - 291
• Main Authors: Tsai, Yung-Pin, You, Sheng-Jie, Pai, Tzu-Yi, Chen, Ko-Wei
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Ltd 01.06.2005
• Subjects: Activated sludge; Cadmium; Heavy metal; Microbial community; Nitrosomonas; Nitrosomonas communis; Nutrient removal; Proteobacteria; Rubrivivax gelatinosus; Zoogloea ramigera; Nutrient removal; Activated sludge; Cadmium; Microbial community; Heavy metal

Microbial communities of two kinds of activated sludge for removing carbon, nitrogen and phosphate (nutrient removal sludge) were identified and compared by combining cloning–denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis methods. The sludges were sampled in an anaerobic–anoxic–oxic system operating under...