Cellulose-mediated floc formation by the activated sludge bacterium Shinella zoogloeoides ATCC 19623

Abstract Background Bacterial floc formation plays a central role in the activated sludge (AS) process. The formation of AS flocs has long been known to require exopolysaccharide biosynthesis. We had demonstrated that both expolysaccharides and PEP-CTERM (a short C-terminal domain includes a near-in...

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Main Authors: Na Gao, Jingcheng Dai, Yaqi Liu, Shuyang Li, Jing Wang, Wenxuan Lu, Dongru Qiu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2022-04-01
Series:BMC Microbiology
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12866-022-02516-y