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. 2022 Mar 2;12:3458. doi: 10.1038/s41598-022-07132-4

Table 2.

Relative abundancies (% of total 16S rRNA gene sequences) of microbial genera involved in nitrogen and phosphorous removal.

WWTP ID WWTP1 WWTP2 WWTP3 WWTP4 WWTP5 WWTP6 WWTP7 WWTP8 WWTP9
Technology SF N-DN UCT UCT UCT UCT CAS UCT UCT
Ammonia oxidizers
Nitrosomonas 0.15 1.81 0.61 1.24 0.87 0.85 0.25 2.62 2.37
Nitrosospira 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.02 0.02
Nitrite oxidizers
Nitrospira 0.78 7.06 0.07 0.48 0.20 3.92 0.08 6.49 5.20
Ca. Nitrotoga 0.00 0.00 0.26 0.46 0.38 0.01 0.01 0.00 0.00
PAO (including potential)
Ca. Accumulibacter 0.59 0.12 1.01 0.43 0.76 0.48 0.90 0.73 1.05
Tetrasphaera 1.35 0.36 1.32 0.80 1.08 0.42 0.81 0.19 0.23
Zoogloea 0.66 0.19 0.35 0.09 0.23 0.48 1.41 0.15 0.13
Thiothrix 0.93 0.04 0.20 0.03 0.01 0.03 1.22 0.00 0.01
Dechloromonas 5.03 0.58 5.84 3.07 3.85 1.45 1.48 1.60 1.87
Ca. Obscuribacter 0.37 0.88 0.11 0.56 0.17 1.85 0.00 0.07 0.04
Gemmatimonas 0.01 0.03 0.01 0.00 0.00 0.03 0.06 0.03 0.03
Thauera 0.98 1.42 0.24 0.44 0.25 1.74 0.69 2.24 1.35
Ca. Microthrix 3.92 1.23 2.65 11.80 3.10 11.10 3.37 11.00 12.81
GAO
Ca. Competibacter 3.54 0.98 8.50 7.13 7.33 2.51 0.95 2.53 3.66
Defluviicoccus 0.05 0.02 0.03 0.06 0.05 0.03 0.02 0.04 0.05