Bacterial Community Structure of Activated Sludge Processes [electronic resource].

Intro
Contents
Preface
Chapter 1
Proteomics: A Novel Tool for Studying Environmental Microbial Communities
Abstract
Abbreviations
1. Introduction
2. Microbial Culture Proteomic Studies Techniques
3. Proteomics of the Microbial Species in Different Ecosystems
3.1. Metaproteomics in Marine and Freshwater
3.2. The Metaproteomics of Soil
3.3. Wastewater and Metaproteomics of Activated Sludge
3.4. Acid Mines Drainage (AMD) Bio-Film Metaproteomics
4. Proteomics Software Status and New Developments
5. Dedicated Tools for Metaproteomics

6. Present Issues and Perspectives for the Future
Conclusion
References
Chapter 2
Developments in Environmental Microbiology and Biodegradation/Biotransformation of Persistent Pollutants in Activated Sludge Population: A Case Study on Renewability of Activated Sludge Exposed to a New Generation Nanoparticular Photocatalyst
Abstract
1. Introduction
2. Microorganism Communities in Activated Sludge
2.1. Eubacteria
2.2. Archaea
2.3. Fungi
2.4. Protozoa and Metazoan
3. Activated Sludge Bacterial Community Structures and Growth Mechanism

3.1. Main Mechanism of Metabolism and Energy Conversion
3.1.1. Substrate Conversion and Transformation Pathways
3.1.1.1. Substrate Level Phosphorylation
3.1.1.2. Oxidative Phosphorylation Based on Electron Conduction
3.2. Cycles Involved in Biological Transformations
3.2.1. EMB Cycle
3.2.2. Three Carboxylic Acid (TCA) Cycles and Intermediate Compounds
3.2.3. HMP Cycle
3.2.4. Calvin Cycle
3.3. Storage of Energy and Endogenous Respiration
3.4. Aerobic Degradation Mechanism in Treatment Systems
3.4.1. Nitrogen Degradation Mechanism in Aerobic Treatment Systems

3.5. Anaerobic Degradation Mechanism in Treatment Systems
3.5.1. Hydrolysis
3.5.2. Acid Production
3.5.3. Methane Production
3.6. Anaerobic Degradation Mechanism in Treatment Systems Pathways of Anaerobic Microorganisms to Gain Energy
3.6.1. Acid Production Pathway
3.6.2. Methane Gas Production Way
3.7. Nitrogen Degradation Mechanism in Anaerobic Treatment Systems
3.7.1. Phosphorus Degradation Mechanism in Anaerobic Treatment Systems
4. Sludge Bacterial Community Structures from Different Wastewaters
4.1. Municipal Wastewater
4.2. Textile Industry Wastewater

4.3. Pharmaceutical Industry Wastewater
5. Conventional and Emerging New Detection Technics of Microbial Culture in Activated Sludge
5.1. DGGE
5.2. RT-PCR
5.3. FISH
5.4. Next Generation Sequencing
6. Contaminants in Wastewaters
6.1. Organic Contaminants in Wastewaters
6.2. Inorganic Contaminants in Wastewaters
6.3. Persistent Pollutants in Wastewaters
7. Case Study
7.1. Materials and Methods
7.2. Results and Discussion
7.2.1. DNA Isolation and Next Generation Sequencing
Conclusion
Acknowledgments
References
Chapter 3