CPB_Q07

Genus nameCPB_Q07

SourcePublished

Alternative names"Ca. Competibacter" (part of); CPB_S23&Q07 (part of)

Taxonomy

KingdomBacteria

PhylumProteobacteria

ClassGammaproteobacteria

OrderXanthomonadales

FamilyCompetibacteraceae

GenusCPB_Q07

16S gene copy number-

GenomesNo

In situOther

Filamentous

Hydrophobic cell surface

Composite FISH image of activated sludge. Yellow = "Competibacteraceae"; Blue = Ca. Accumulibacter; Green = other cells. Scale bar = 10 microns. - Source:1

POS

NEG

Variable

Not assessed

Description

No physiological information is available, although, as a member of the genus "Competibacteraceae" these are thought to compete with the PAO for resources with their proliferation at the theoretical expense of EBPR efficiency 2.

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Diversity

Includes clades CPB_{S23 and CPB}Q07

FISH probes

S23 - CPB_{586; Q07 - CPB}449 3

Metabolism

In situOther

Autotroph/Mixotroph

AOB

NOB

Anammox

Aerobic Heterotroph

PAO

GAO

Nitrite Reduction

Sulphate Reduction

Fermentation

Acetogen

Methanogen

Fatty Acids

Sugars

Proteins/Amino Acids

Abundance Information

10 % percentileMedian90 % percentile

Influent000

Activated Sludge000

Digester-Mesophilic000

Digester-Thermophilic000.1

Predominant InActivated sludge

References

[1] McIlroy SJ (2010) Phylogenetic Diversity and Ecophysiology of Alphaproteobacterial Glycogen Accumulating Organisms in Enhanced Biological Phosphorus Removal Activated Sludge Systems. PhD Thesis La Trobe University. - Mcilroy -

[2] Kong, Xia, Nielsen, Nielsen - Ecophysiology of a group of uncultured Gammaproteobacterial glycogen-accumulating organisms in full-scale enhanced biological phosphorus removal wastewater treatment plants. - Environ. Microbiol. 8(3): 479-89. doi:10.1111/j.1462-2920.2005.00914.x

[3] McIlroy, Nittami, Kanai, Fukuda, Saunders, Nielsen, et al. - Re-appraisal of the phylogeny and fluorescence in situ hybridization probes for the analysis of the Competibacteraceae in wastewater treatment systems. - Environ Microbiol Rep 7(2): 166-74. doi:10.1111/1758-2229.12215

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Citing MiDAS: McIlroy S.J., Saunders A.M., Albertsen M., Nierychlo M., McIlroy B., Hansen A.A., Karst S.M., Nielsen J.L., Nielsen P.H. (2015) MiDAS: the field guide to the microbes of activated sludge. Database, Vol. 2015