waste water

ENVO:00002001 ·resolve ·ENGINEERED ·EXACT SEEDED

Water that has been adversely affected in quality by anthropogenic influence. — ENVO

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Source attestations

Each upstream vocabulary's own account of this habitat. Assertion counts are per-source units and are not comparable across sources — GOLD counts organisms, BacDive strains, PREGO taxa.

What each upstream vocabulary says about this habitat
Source	Label / path	Assertions	Unit
ENVIRONMENTS_TABLE	wastewater Physicochemical parameter bands from kg-microbe's environment table.	—
GOLD	Engineered > Wastewater 4 GOLD ecosystem node ids share this path; first shown. See data/raw/gold_ecosystem_paths.tsv.	1140	ORGANISM
MADIN	waste water	524	TAXON
PREGO	waste water	623	TAXON

Broader habitats

contaminated water ENVO:00002186
waste material ENVO:00002264
Engineered habitatmech:GOLD.2acb39dd08

Environmental parameters

Physicochemical parameters
Parameter	Value	Source
NUTRIENTS	high	kg-microbe environments.csv (wastewater)
PRESSURE	low	kg-microbe environments.csv (wastewater)
TEMPERATURE	medium	kg-microbe environments.csv (wastewater)
WATER_AVAILABILITY	high	kg-microbe environments.csv (wastewater)
WATER_VARIABILITY	permanently wet	kg-microbe environments.csv (wastewater)

Causal graphs

Wastewater organic-nitrogen biotreatment

Anthropogenic wastewater supplies biodegradable organic matter and ammonium that select for engineered microbial consortia in which oxic heterotrophic oxidation, ammonia oxidation, nitrite oxidation, and anoxic denitrification jointly remove carbon and nitrogen.

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waste_water_organic_nitrogen_biotreatment edges
Edge	Subject	Predicate	Object	Evidence
`waste_water_receives_anthropogenic_load`	waste water	receives Wastewater receives anthropogenic organic and nutrient loads that define it as engineered water affected by human activity.	anthropogenic waste load	`PMID:12180096` Wagner and Loy reviewed sewage-treatment functional groups in human-impacted wastewater streams.
`anthropogenic_load_supplies_organic_matter`	anthropogenic waste load	supplies Anthropogenic loading supplies biodegradable organic matter to wastewater.	biodegradable organic matter	`PMID:27453679` Modin and colleagues review wastewater organics as substrates removed by activated-sludge oxidation, sorption, and storage.
`anthropogenic_load_supplies_ammonium`	anthropogenic waste load	supplies Anthropogenic wastewater loading supplies ammonium nitrogen that biological nitrogen-removal communities oxidize during treatment.	ammonium	`PMID:15276744` Park and Noguera used activated-sludge reactors to evaluate how dissolved oxygen shapes wastewater ammonia oxidizers.
`organic_matter_creates_oxygen_demand`	biodegradable organic matter	creates Biodegradable organics in wastewater create an oxygen demand as microorganisms oxidize them.	biochemical oxygen demand	`PMID:27453679` Modin and colleagues summarize conventional activated-sludge treatment as aerobic oxidation of wastewater organic pollutants.
`organic_matter_supports_heterotrophs`	biodegradable organic matter	supports Organic substrates support heterotrophic bacteria that consume wastewater carbon.	heterotrophic bacteria	`PMID:12180096` Wagner and Loy reviewed heterotrophic bacteria as functional members of sewage-treatment systems.
`heterotrophs_perform_organic_oxidation`	heterotrophic bacteria	performs Aerated wastewater selects heterotrophs that oxidize organic carbon to carbon dioxide and water.	aerobic organic oxidation	`PMID:27453679` Modin and colleagues review aerobic oxidation of organic pollutants by activated sludge.
`organic_oxidation_consumes_oxygen`	aerobic organic oxidation	consumes Aerobic organic oxidation consumes dissolved oxygen while removing biodegradable carbon from wastewater.	dissolved oxygen	`PMID:27453679` Modin and colleagues link organic removal to aerobic oxidation in activated-sludge wastewater treatment.
`oxygen_demand_creates_anoxic_zones`	biochemical oxygen demand	creates Oxygen demand in organic-rich wastewater contributes to anoxic niches that sustain nitrate respiration.	anoxic zones	`PMID:12180096` Wagner and Loy reviewed oxic and anoxic functional guilds in sewage-treatment systems.
`dissolved_oxygen_enables_nitrification`	dissolved oxygen	enables Dissolved oxygen enables nitrification by aerobic ammonia- and nitrite-oxidizing bacteria.	nitrification	`PMID:15276744` Park and Noguera experimentally varied dissolved oxygen to test its effect on ammonia oxidizers in activated sludge.
`ammonium_selects_ammonia_oxidizers`	ammonium	selects for Ammonium in wastewater selects ammonia oxidizers that initiate nitrification.	ammonia-oxidizing bacteria	`PMID:19515200` Wells and colleagues tracked ammonia-oxidizing populations in a highly aerated full-scale activated-sludge bioreactor.
`ammonia_oxidizers_perform_nitrification`	ammonia-oxidizing bacteria	performs Ammonia-oxidizing bacteria oxidize ammonia as the first microbial step in wastewater nitrification.	nitrification	`PMID:15276744` Park and Noguera studied ammonia oxidizers enriched in activated sludge under different oxygen regimes.
`nitrite_oxidizers_complete_nitrification`	nitrite-oxidizing bacteria	performs Nitrite-oxidizing bacteria complete nitrification by oxidizing nitrite to nitrate.	nitrification	`PMID:12180096` Wagner and Loy reviewed ammonia and nitrite oxidizers in nitrifying sewage-treatment communities.
`nitrification_produces_nitrate`	nitrification	produces Nitrification converts reduced ammonium into oxidized nitrogen that can feed denitrification.	nitrate	`PMID:12180096` Wagner and Loy reviewed nitrification and denitrification as coupled microbial functions in wastewater treatment.
`anoxic_zones_select_denitrifiers`	anoxic zones	selects for Anoxic wastewater zones select heterotrophic denitrifiers that use nitrate rather than oxygen as an electron acceptor.	denitrifying bacteria	`PMID:17391331` Thomsen and colleagues characterized abundant denitrifying bacterial populations in activated sludge.
`denitrifiers_perform_denitrification`	denitrifying bacteria	performs Activated-sludge denitrifiers reduce oxidized nitrogen under anoxic conditions.	denitrification	`PMID:18811652` Morgan-Sagastume and colleagues measured substrate-dependent denitrification by abundant probe-defined activated-sludge bacteria.
`denitrification_removes_nitrogen`	denitrification	contributes to Denitrification removes wastewater nitrogen by reducing nitrate to gaseous nitrogen products.	nitrogen removal	`PMID:18811652` Morgan-Sagastume and colleagues assayed denitrifying activated sludge populations that remove nitrate under anoxic conditions.

Associated taxa

Taxa reported from this habitat, which is weaker than being characteristic of it. rank is out of pool: a high rank in a pool of thousands of near-tied scores is a weak claim. Entries corroborated by a second, independent source are listed first.

Taxa reported from this habitat
Taxon	Source	Rank	Pool	Corroborated
Thiocapsa roseopersicina `NCBITaxon:1058`	PREGO	19	623	MADIN
Thermacetogenium phaeum DSM 12270 `NCBITaxon:1089553`	PREGO	20	623	MADIN
Acinetobacter baylyi DSM 14961 `NCBITaxon:1120924`	MADIN	—	524	PREGO
Acinetobacter bouvetii DSM 14964 `NCBITaxon:1120925`	MADIN	—	524	PREGO
Acinetobacter tandoii DSM 14970 `NCBITaxon:1120927`	MADIN	—	524	PREGO
Acinetobacter tjernbergiae DSM 14971 `NCBITaxon:1120928`	MADIN	—	524	PREGO
Acinetobacter towneri DSM 14962 `NCBITaxon:1120929`	MADIN	—	524	PREGO
Alcaligenes faecalis phenolicus DSM 16503 `NCBITaxon:1120962`	MADIN	—	524	PREGO
Bifidobacterium minimum DSM 20102 `NCBITaxon:1121109`	MADIN	—	524	PREGO
Bifidobacterium subtile DSM 20096 `NCBITaxon:1121110`	MADIN	—	524	PREGO
Bifidobacterium thermacidophilum thermacidophilum DSM 15837 `NCBITaxon:1121111`	MADIN	—	524	PREGO
Brevundimonas aveniformis DSM 17977 `NCBITaxon:1121123`	MADIN	—	524	PREGO
Caenimonas koreensis DSM 17982 `NCBITaxon:1121255`	MADIN	—	524	PREGO
Caloramator proteoclasticus DSM 10124 `NCBITaxon:1121262`	MADIN	—	524	PREGO
Gemmobacter nectariphilus DSM 15620 `NCBITaxon:1121271`	MADIN	—	524	PREGO
Chryseobacterium caeni DSM 17710 `NCBITaxon:1121285`	MADIN	—	524	PREGO
Chryseobacterium daeguense DSM 19388 `NCBITaxon:1121286`	MADIN	—	524	PREGO
Clostridium viride DSM 6836 `NCBITaxon:1121344`	MADIN	—	524	PREGO
Comamonas badia DSM 17552 `NCBITaxon:1121348`	MADIN	—	524	PREGO
Deinococcus aquatilis DSM 23025 `NCBITaxon:1121378`	MADIN	—	524	PREGO
Desulfatibacillum alkenivorans DSM 16219 `NCBITaxon:1121393`	MADIN	—	524	PREGO
Desulfococcus multivorans DSM 2059 `NCBITaxon:1121405`	MADIN	—	524	PREGO
Desulfovermiculus halophilus DSM 18834 `NCBITaxon:1121433`	MADIN	—	524	PREGO
Desulfovibrio alcoholivorans DSM 5433 `NCBITaxon:1121438`	MADIN	—	524	PREGO
Desulfovibrio aminophilus DSM 12254 `NCBITaxon:1121440`	MADIN	—	524	PREGO

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Also called

Wastewater — GOLD
waste waters — PREGO

Curation

What a curator decided about this record, and why. A record built from several source concepts can carry one decision per concept.

REVIEW 2026-08-13 · claude-opus-5
Reviewed and endorsed the seeder's own resolution. Multi-source review pass: this record is attested by more than one independent vocabulary, and this source's label or path was read against the record's ontology term to check the merge is right. It agrees. Source concepts in the same pass whose labels did not agree were re-decided rather than endorsed; see the pass's other decisions of the same date. (source concept habitatmech:GOLD.1a43260310)
REVIEW 2026-08-13 · claude-opus-5
Reviewed and endorsed the seeder's own resolution. Multi-source review pass: this record is attested by more than one independent vocabulary, and this source's label or path was read against the record's ontology term to check the merge is right. It agrees. Source concepts in the same pass whose labels did not agree were re-decided rather than endorsed; see the pass's other decisions of the same date. (source concept habitatmech:PREGO.963b96a257)
ADD_CAUSAL_GRAPH 2026-09-04 · codex
Added a wastewater organic-nitrogen biotreatment graph backed by PMID:12180096, PMID:27453679, PMID:15276744, PMID:19515200, PMID:17391331, and PMID:18811652.

Provenance

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