Assessment of Changes in Microbial Communities in Different Operational Units from a Wastewater Treatment Plant

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POYRAZ N., MUTLU M. E.

POLISH JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES, vol.26, no.4, pp.1615-1626, 2017 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 26 Issue: 4
  • Publication Date: 2017
  • Doi Number: 10.15244/pjoes/68870
  • Journal Name: POLISH JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.1615-1626
  • Keywords: wastewater, ecoplate, microbial community, AWCD, diversity indices, carbon utilization, LEVEL PHYSIOLOGICAL PROFILES, CARBON-SOURCE UTILIZATION, BIOLOGICAL PHOSPHORUS REMOVAL, FUNCTIONAL DIVERSITY, BACTERIAL COMMUNITIES, DYNAMICS, PATTERNS, QUALITY, SYSTEM, MODEL
  • Anadolu University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Microbial communities in wastewater play an important role in treatment, and especially microbial community composition and changes have great influence on biological treatment. In these cases, monitoring and evaluating the changes with practical methods becomes important. Ecoplates may be an effective and quick method for assessing microbial activity. Therefore, we observed, with Ecoplates, the microbial community function of different operational units from wastewater treatment plants.