Competition and coexistence of sulfate-reducing and methanogenic populations in anaerobic biofilms

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 62, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 3847-3857

  Raskin, Lutgarde ^a   Rittmann, Bruce E ^b   Stahl, David A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b Northwestern University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; GLUCOSE; METHANE; SULFATE;

ANAEROBIC METABOLISM; ARTICLE; BIOFILM; COMPETITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESULFOVIBRIO; EFFLUENT; FERMENTATION; FLUIDIZED BED; METHANOBACTERIUM; METHANOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBE; PHYLOGENY; SULFATE REDUCING BACTERIUM;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DESULFOBACTERIUM; DESULFOBOTULUS; DESULFOCOCCUS; DESULFOSARCINA; DESULFOVIBRIO; METHANOBACTERIALES; METHANOBACTERIUM;

BACTERIA; BIOFILM; COEXISTENCE; COMPETITION; METHANOGENIC BACTERIA; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; SULPHATE-REDUCING BACTERIA;

EID: 0029660705     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.62.10.3847-3857.1996     Document Type: Article

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