Time-series can provide critical insights into the structure and function of microbial communities. The analysis of temporal data warrants statistical considerations, distinct from comparative ...
Similar to soil and sediment, activated sludge (AS) is a highly complex system of eukaryotes (protozoa and fungi), bacteria, archaea and viruses, in which bacteria are dominant. Despite its importance ...
Edited by Jeffrey I. Gordon, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, and approved May 24, 2010 (received for review March 2, 2010) Sampling for this study was performed over 4 d at ...
Next-generation sequencing techniques, and PhyloChip, have made simultaneous phylogenetic analyses of hundreds of microbial communities possible. Insight into community structure has been limited by ...