N-Cycle Bioflocculation Model Consortium

Community ID CommunityMech:000126

Ecological State ENGINEERED

Environment activated sludge floc model
ENVO:00002046

A reduced-complexity N-cycle model consortium of nitrifiers and denitrifiers used to study bioflocculation mechanisms in biological wastewater treatment.

Taxonomy

Taxon	Ontology ID	Functional Roles	Abundance
N-cycle bacterial consortium members	NCBITaxon:2	CROSS_FEEDER	N/A
PMID:40536564 - SUPPORT (IN_VITRO) "We show that it is feasible to exploit a model (N-cycle) consortium with reduced complexity to fundamentally study bioflocculation."

Ecological Interactions

Taxon

Cross-feeding

Mutualism

Syntrophy

Competition

Commensalism

Niche partitioning

Colonization facilitation

Strain competition

Predation

Nitrifier-Denitrifier Aggregate Formation

COLONIZATION_FACILITATION

Evidence

PMID:40536564 - SUPPORT (IN_VITRO)

"We show that it is feasible to exploit a model (N-cycle) consortium with reduced complexity to fundamentally study bioflocculation."

Environmental Factors

Factor	Value	Unit
oxic/anoxic sequencing batch reactor cycling	Oxic/anoxic cycles and alginate entrapment were used to produce nitrifier microcolonies and mixed aggregates.	N/A
PMID:40536564 - SUPPORT (IN_VITRO) "We show that it is feasible to exploit a model (N-cycle) consortium with reduced complexity to fundamentally study bioflocculation."