Table 2.
Percentage abundance of nitrogen-converting microorganisms in aerobic granules depending on the operational temperature of the treatment
| Target | 29 °C | 25 °C | 20 °C |
|---|---|---|---|
| Betaproteobacterial ammonium-oxidizing bacteria | 9.3 ± 5.9 | 16.6 ± 11.9 | 12.3 ± 9.7 |
| All Anammox bacteria | 3.3 ± 1.9 | 2.5 ± 0.9 | 4.2 ± 1.9 |
| Most Accumulibacter sp. | 3.6 ± 1.6 | 3.3 ± 1.2 | 7.8 ± 7.8 |
| Thauera sp. | 3.9 ± 3.6 | 2.4 ± 0.4 | 4.3 ± 3.8 |
| Most members of the Zooglea lineage. not Z. resiniphila; | 0.0 | 4.1 ± 2.8 | 8.2 ± 5.0 |
| Bacteria closely related to Comamonadaceae | 0.0 | 5.6 ± 3.5 | 10.0 ± 7.1 |
| Bacteria closely related to Rhodocyclaceae clones | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Cultured Tetrasphaera PAO | 6.4 ± 4.2 | 4.3 ± 2.1 | 10.7 ± 8.4 |
| Curvibacter sp. | 0.0 | 4.8 ± 1.6 | 6.4 ± 2.4 |
| Azoarcus cluster | 0.0 | 2.8 ± 0.6 | 9.2 ± 6.9 |
| Paracoccus sp. | 4.6 ± 3.1 | 4.2 ± 2.9 | 0.0 |
| Rhodobacter sp., Roseobacter sp. | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.5 ± 1.2 |
| Azoarcus–Thauera cluster | 3.0 ± 1.2 | 2.7 ± 0.2 | 4.9 ± 1.7 |
| Acidovorax spp. | 0.0 | 5.4 ± 3.6 | 6.0 ± 5.7 |