A Membership-Fusing Model for Characterizing the Shift of Methanogen Community in a Three-Stage Sludge-Treatment Process
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Membership-Fusing Model of Sludge-Treatment Process
2.1. Sludge-Treatment Process and Representative Methanogen
2.2. Membership-Fusing Model
3. Experiment and Parameter Setup
3.1. Sampling Scheme
3.2. High-throughput Sequencing Technology
3.2.1. DNA Extraction
3.2.2. Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) Amplification, Sequencing, Quantification
3.2.3. Sequence Analysis
3.3. Model Parameter
4. Results and Discussion
4.1. Variation of Membership of Different Stage
4.2. Variation of Membership with Different Number of Interference Data
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Conflicts of Interest
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Cai, L.; Li, H.; Yao, H. A Membership-Fusing Model for Characterizing the Shift of Methanogen Community in a Three-Stage Sludge-Treatment Process. Appl. Sci. 2020, 10, 4274. https://doi.org/10.3390/app10124274
Cai L, Li H, Yao H. A Membership-Fusing Model for Characterizing the Shift of Methanogen Community in a Three-Stage Sludge-Treatment Process. Applied Sciences. 2020; 10(12):4274. https://doi.org/10.3390/app10124274
Chicago/Turabian StyleCai, Linna, Hongyang Li, and Hong Yao. 2020. "A Membership-Fusing Model for Characterizing the Shift of Methanogen Community in a Three-Stage Sludge-Treatment Process" Applied Sciences 10, no. 12: 4274. https://doi.org/10.3390/app10124274