“This unprecedented global sampling effort yielded new insight into the microbiology of activated sludge,” said Bruce Rittmann, director, Biodesign Swette Center for Environmental Biotechnology, Arizona State University. “Despite giant geographic differences, the microbial communities of activated sludge have a core of about 28 bacterial strains, which reflects the powerful and unique ecological selection of the activated sludge process.”
– Smith, Jana. Study expands understanding of bacterial communities for global next-generation wastewater treatment and reuse systems, PhysOrg and ASU Now.
Read the full article “Global Diversity and Biogeography of the Bacterial Communities in Wastewater Treatment Plants,” in Nature Microbiology.
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