Press xenobiotic 3-chloroaniline disturbance favors deterministic assembly with a shift in function and structure of bacterial communities in sludge bioreactors

• Main Authors: Santillan, Ezequiel, Seshan, Hari, Wuertz, Stefan
• Other Authors: School of Civil and Environmental Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2022
• Subjects: Engineering::Civil engineering; Diversity; Disturbance
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/157058
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Disturbances are thought to affect community assembly mechanisms, which in turn shape community structure and the overall function of the ecosystem. Continuous (press) disturbances can drive ecosystems to alternate stable states of community function and structure, but their effects on assembly...