TABLE 2.
Phylogenetic affiliations and estimated relative abundances of the clones in the four clone libraries
| Phylogenetic affiliation | % estimated relative abundance in BAC reactor |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bench scale |
Pilot scale |
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| Before P addition (day 100) (total no. of clones = 165) | After P addition (day 244) (total no. of clones = 120) | Before P addition (day 84) (total no. of clones = 156) | After P addition (day 210) (total no. of clones = 177) | |
| Alphaproteobacteria | 6.7 | 3.3 | 14.1 | —a |
| Betaproteobacteria | 70.3 | 91.7 | 70.5 | 96.0 |
| Dechloromonas | 15.2 | 54.2 | 7.1 | 0.6 |
| Azospira | 0.6 | 11.7 | — | — |
| Zoogloea | 7.3 | 7.5 | 17.9 | 52.0 |
| Propionivibrio | — | — | — | 1.1 |
| Ferribacterium | 2.4 | 5.0 | 7.1 | 2.8 |
| Unclassified Rhodocyclaceae | 26.1 | 10.0 | 3.2 | 0.6 |
| Unclassified Oxalobacteraceae | 6.1 | — | — | — |
| Acidovorax | 7.9 | — | — | — |
| Hydrogenophaga | 1.2 | — | 0.6 | 2.3 |
| Simplicispira | — | — | — | 0.6 |
| Curvibacter | — | 1.7 | — | — |
| Unclassified Comamonadaceae | 1.2 | — | 5.1 | 25.4 |
| Aquabacterium | — | — | 9.6 | — |
| Pelomonas | — | 0.8 | — | — |
| Ideonella | — | — | 1.9 | — |
| Unclassified incertae sedis 5 | — | — | 15.4 | 2.3 |
| Unclassified Burkholderiales | 1.2 | — | 1.3 | 3.4 |
| Unclassified Betaproteobacteria | 1.2 | 0.8 | 1.3 | 5.1 |
| Deltaproteobacteria | 12.7 | 1.7 | 3.2 | — |
| Gammaproteobacteria | 9.1 | — | 1.3 | 0.6 |
| Unclassified Proteobacteria | — | — | 3.2 | 0.6 |
| Acidobacteria | — | 0.8 | 1.3 | — |
| Bacteroidetes | — | — | 1.9 | 1.1 |
| Chloroflexi | — | — | 0.6 | — |
| Firmicutes | — | — | 1.3 | 0.6 |
| Spirochaetes | 0.6 | — | — | — |
| Unclassified Bacteria | 0.6 | 2.5 | 2.6 | 1.1 |
a
—, not detected.