Active predation, phylogenetic diversity, and global prevalence of myxobacteria in wastewater treatment plants

• Published in: The ISME Journal Vol. 17; no. 5; pp. 671 - 681
• Main Authors: Zhang, Lu, Huang, Xinyu, Zhou, Jizhong, Ju, Feng
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 01.05.2023; Oxford University Press; Nature Publishing Group
• Subjects: 45/22; 45/23; 45/77; 45/90; 631/158/670; 631/158/855; 631/326/171; 704/158/855; 704/172; Activated sludge; Animals; Bacteria; BASIC BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES; Biodiversity; Biomedical and Life Sciences; Ciliates; Divergence; Ecological function; Ecology; Evolutionary Biology; Food chains; Food webs; Life Sciences; Microbial Ecology; Microbial Genetics and Genomics; Microbiology; Microbiomes; Microbiota; Microorganisms; Myxococcales - genetics; Phylogenetics; Phylogeny; Predation; Predators; Predatory Behavior; Prevalence; Prey; rRNA; Sewage - microbiology; Sludge; Stable isotopes; Wastewater treatment; Wastewater treatment plants; Water Purification; Water treatment

The operation of modern wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) is driven by activated sludge microbiota, a complex assemblage of trophically interacting microorganisms. Microbial predation is crucial to fundamental understanding of how biological interactions drive microbiome structuring and functionin...