Journal article
Resource recovery from wastewater: application of meta-omics to phosphorus and carbon management
Current opinion in biotechnology, v 33, pp 260-267
01 Jun 2015
PMID: 25827118
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Abstract
A growing trend at wastewater treatment plants is the recovery of resources and energy from wastewater. Enhanced biological phosphorus removal and anaerobic digestion are two established biotechnology approaches for the recovery of phosphorus and carbon, respectively. Meta-omics approaches (meta-genomics, transcriptomics, proteomics, and metabolomics) are providing novel biological insights into these complex biological systems. In particular, genome-centric metagenomics analyses are revealing the function and physiology of individual community members. Querying transcripts, proteins and metabolites are emerging techniques that can inform the cellular responses under different conditions. Overall, meta-omics approaches are shedding light into complex microbial communities once regarded as 'blackboxes', but challenges remain to integrate information from meta-omics into engineering design and operation guidelines.
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- Title
- Resource recovery from wastewater: application of meta-omics to phosphorus and carbon management
- Creators
- Christopher M. Sales - Drexel UniversityPatrick K. H. Lee - City University of Hong Kong
- Publication Details
- Current opinion in biotechnology, v 33, pp 260-267
- Publisher
- Current Biology Ltd
- Number of pages
- 8
- Grant note
- AJ Drexel Institute for Energy and the Environment 116111; 116413 / Research Grants Council of Hong Kong; Hong Kong Research Grants Council
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Civil, Architectural, and Environmental Engineering
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000357139700032
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-84925603585
- Other Identifier
- 991019169812504721
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- Domestic collaboration
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- Web of Science research areas
- Biochemical Research Methods
- Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology