@article{fdi:010076546,
  title = {{G}lobal diversity and biogeography of bacterial communities in wastewater treatment plants},
  author = {{W}u, {L}. {W}. and {N}ing, {D}. {L}. and {Z}hang, {B}. and {L}i, {Y}. and {Z}hang, {P}. and {S}han, {X}. {Y}. and {Z}hang, {Q}. {T}. and {B}rown, {M}. and {L}i, {Z}. {X}. and {V}an {N}ostrand, {J}. {D}. and {L}ing, {F}. {Q}. and {X}iao, {N}. {J}. and {Z}hang, {Y}. and {V}ierheilig, {J}. and {W}ells, {G}. {F}. and {Y}ang, {Y}. {F}. and {D}eng, {Y}. and {T}u, {Q}. {C}. and {W}ang, {A}. {J}. and {Z}hang, {T}. and {H}e, {Z}. {L}. and {K}eller, {J}. and {N}ielsen, {P}. {H}. and {A}lvarez, {P}. {J}. {J}. and {C}riddle, {C}. {S}. and {W}agner, {M}. and {T}iedje, {J}. {M}. and {H}e, {Q}. and {C}urtis, {T}. {P}. and {S}tahl, {D}. {A}. and {A}lvarez-{C}ohen, {L}. and {R}ittmann, {B}. {E}. and {W}en, {X}. {H}. and {Z}hou, {J}. {Z}. and {C}abrol, {L}{\'e}a and {G}lobal {W}ater {M}icrobiome {C}onsortium,},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{M}icroorganisms in wastewater treatment plants ({WWTP}s) are essential for water purification to protect public and environmental health. {H}owever, the diversity of microorganisms and the factors that control it are poorly understood. {U}sing a systematic global-sampling effort, we analysed the 16{S} ribosomal {RNA} gene sequences from similar to 1,200 activated sludge samples taken from 269 {WWTP}s in 23 countries on 6 continents. {O}ur analyses revealed that the global activated sludge bacterial communities contain similar to 1 billion bacterial phylotypes with a {P}oisson lognormal diversity distribution. {D}espite this high diversity, activated sludge has a small, global core bacterial community (n = 28 operational taxonomic units) that is strongly linked to activated sludge performance. {M}eta-analyses with global datasets associate the activated sludge microbiomes most closely to freshwater populations. {I}n contrast to macroorganism diversity, activated sludge bacterial communities show no latitudinal gradient. {F}urthermore, their spatial turnover is scale-dependent and appears to be largely driven by stochastic processes (dispersal and drift), although deterministic factors (temperature and organic input) are also important. {O}ur findings enhance our mechanistic understanding of the global diversity and biogeography of activated sludge bacterial communities within a theoretical ecology framework and have important implications for microbial ecology and wastewater treatment processes.},
  keywords = {},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{N}ature {M}icrobiology},
  volume = {4},
  numero = {7},
  pages = {1183--1195},
  ISSN = {2058-5276},
  year = {2019},
  DOI = {10.1038/s41564-019-0426-5},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010076546},
}