Global water microbiome consortium

Zhou, Jizhong; Zhou, Jizhong; Zhou, Jizhong

Tuesday, August 13, 2019

M108, Kentucky International Convention Center

Jizhong Zhou, Institute for Environmental Genomics, Consolidated Core Laboratory, Department of Microbiology and Plant Biology, and School of Civil Engineering and Environmental Sciences, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK, Xianghua Wen, School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, Tom Curtis, Newcastle University, United Kingdom, Qiang He, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, Zhili He, Institute for Environmental Genomics, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK and Daliang Ning, Institute for Environmental Genomics and Department of Microbiology and Plant Biology, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK

To facilitate international collaboration on research and education on global water microbiome, Global Water Microbiome Consortium was formed in May, 2014. Initially, we focused on Municipal Wastewater Microbiome Initiative (MWMI). The first sampling campaign has collected 1186 activated sludge samples from 269 wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) in 86 cities of 23 countries across 6 continents. We are sequencing phylogenetic marker genes of bacteria, archaea, fungi, protists, and important functional genes, e.g. amoA. Representative samples will be analyzed by shotgun sequencing and GeoChip. Furthermore, time series sampling has been carried out since Jan, 2015 in several WWTPs in 5 different countries.

INS 6-5 - Global water microbiome consortium