MiDAS: Microbial Database for Activated Sludge and Anaerobic Digesters

Nielsen, Per Halkjær (PI)
Nierychlo, Marta Anna (Project Coordinator)
Hove Hansen, Susan (Project Coordinator)
Dueholm, Morten Kam Dahl (Project Participant)
Xu, Yijuan (Project Participant)
Korntved, Anne-Kirstine Corfitz (Project Participant)
Jiang, Chenjing (Project Participant)
Andersen, Kasper Skytte (Project Participant)

Description

The MiDAS (Microbial Database for Activated Sludge and Anaerobic Digesters) field guide aims to summarize all knowledge about physiology and ecology of the important microorganisms in engineered ecosystems of activated sludge plants, anaerobic digesters, and related wastewater treatment systems. Many years of collaboration with Danish wastewater treatment plants and our global MiDAS campaign have allowed us to develop the ecosystem-specific MiDAS taxonomy and reference database. This is now used by WWTPs worldwide to study important functional groups and their yearly dynamics. It also forms the necessary background for DNA-based “online” monitoring for informed WWTP surveillance, operation and trouble shooting.

Key findings

www.midasfieldguide.org

Short title	MiDAS
Status	Active
Effective start/end date	01/01/2006 → …

Collaborative partners

Frederikshavn Forsyning A/S (Project partner)
Aalborg Forsyning (Project partner)
Hjørring Vandselskab A/S (Project partner)
Mariagerfjord Vand A/S (Project partner)
Vandmiljø Randers A/S (Project partner)
Energi Viborg A/S (Project partner)
Aarhus Vand A/S (Project partner)
Fredericia Spildevand og Energi A/S (Project partner)
Provas (Project partner)
Din Forsyning (Project partner)
Arla Foods (Project partner)
Daka SecAnim A/S (Project partner)
Vandcenter Syd A/S (Project partner)
Kalundborg Forsyning A/S (Project partner)
SK Forsyning A/S (Project partner)
AquaDjurs (Project partner)
KEMIRA WATER DANMARK (Project partner)
Krüger A/S (Project partner)
NK-Forsyning A/S (Project partner)
Fors A/S (Project partner)
Spildevandsteknisk Forening (Project partner)

UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This project contributes towards the following SDG(s):

Keywords

Microbial ecology
Microorganisms
Resource recovery
Wastewater treatment

Links

http://www.midasfieldguide.org

3 Journal article

MiDAS 4: A global catalogue of full-length 16S rRNA gene sequences and taxonomy for studies of bacterial communities in wastewater treatment plants
Dueholm, M. K. D., Nierychlo, M., Andersen, K. S., Rudkjøbing, V., Knutsson, S., MiDAS Global Consortium, Albertsen, M. & Nielsen, P. H., 7 Apr 2022, In: Nature Communications. 13, 1, 1908.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

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Den Mikrobiologiske Database MiDAS går globalt og “online”
Nielsen, P. H., Hove Hansen, S., Korntved, A-K. C. & Nierychlo, M. A., Oct 2021, In: Spildevand. 4, 21, p. 45-46
Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Communication
MiDAS 3: An ecosystem-specific reference database, taxonomy and knowledge platform for activated sludge and anaerobic digesters reveals species-level microbiome composition of activated sludge
Nierychlo, M. A., Andersen, K. S., Xu, Y., David Green, N., Jiang, C., Albertsen, M., Dueholm, M. S. & Nielsen, P. H., 1 Sept 2020, In: Water Research. 182, 115955.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

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155 Citations (Scopus)

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