title: Whole-Community Metagenomics in Two Different Anammox Configurations: Process Performance and Community Structure.
abstract: Anaerobic ammonia oxidation (anammox) combined with partial nitritation (PN) is an innovative treatment process for energy-efficient nitrogen removal from wastewater. In this study, we used genome-based metagenomics to investigate the overall community structure and anammox species enriched in suspended growth (SGR) and attached growth packed-bed (AGR) anammox reactors after 220 days of operation. Both reactors removed more than 85% of the total inorganic nitrogen. Metagenomic binning and phylogenetic analysis revealed that two anammox population genomes, affiliated with the genus Candidatus Brocadia, were differentially abundant between the SGR and AGR. Both of the genomes shared an average nucleotide identify of 83%, suggesting the presence of two different species enriched in both of the reactors. Metabolic reconstruction of both population genomes revealed key aspects of their metabolism in comparison to known anammox species. The community composition of both the reactors was also investigated to identify the presence of flanking community members. Metagenomics and 16S rRNA gene amplicon sequencing revealed the dominant flanking community members in both reactors were affiliated with the phyla Anaerolinea, Ignavibacteria, and Proteobacteria. Findings from this research adds two new species, Ca. Brocadia sp. 1 and Ca. Brocadia sp. 2, to the genus Ca. Brocadia and sheds light on their metabolism in engineered ecosystems.
authors.affiliation: Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Utah , Salt Lake City, Utah 84112, United States.
authors.forename: Ananda S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Bhattacharjee
authors.affiliation: Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Utah , Salt Lake City, Utah 84112, United States.
authors.forename: Sha
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.affiliation: Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison , 1415 Engineering Drive, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, United States.
authors.forename: Christopher E
authors.initials: CE
authors.lastname: Lawson
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, Radboud University , Nijmegen 6525 HP, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Mike S M
authors.initials: MSM
authors.lastname: Jetten
authors.affiliation: Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Texas at San Antonio , 1 UTSA Circle, San Antonio, Texas 78249, United States.
authors.forename: Vikram
authors.identifier: 0000-0002-7159-0883
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Kapoor
authors.affiliation: Office of Research and Development, National Risk Management Research Laboratory, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency , Cincinnati, Ohio 45268, United States.
authors.forename: Jorge W Santo
authors.initials: JWS
authors.lastname: Domingo
authors.affiliation: Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison , 1415 Engineering Drive, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, United States.|Department of Bacteriology, University of Wisconsin-Madison , 1550 Linden Drive, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, United States.
authors.forename: Katherine D
authors.initials: KD
authors.lastname: McMahon
authors.affiliation: Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison , 1415 Engineering Drive, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, United States.
authors.forename: Daniel R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Noguera
authors.affiliation: Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Utah , Salt Lake City, Utah 84112, United States.
authors.forename: Ramesh
authors.identifier: 0000-0003-0096-091X
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Goel
mesh_terms: D001419:Bacteria; D019149:Bioreactors / Q000382:microbiology; D056186:Metagenomics; D009584:Nitrogen / Q000378:metabolism; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D010802:Phylogeny; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S; D009584:Nitrogen