Succession and convergence of biofilm communities in fixed-film reactors treating aromatic hydrocarbons in groundwater

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 270-276

  Massol Deya A ^a,b,e   Weller, R ^a,f   Rios Hernandez L ^c   Zhou, J Z ^a   Hickey, R F ^a,d   Tiedje, J M ^a,b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of Puerto Rico ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^d EFX Systems Inc   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^f MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROUND WATER;

ARTICLE; BIOFILM; BIOREACTOR; DNA DETERMINATION; GENOTYPE; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; WATER TREATMENT;

EID: 0031015322     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.63.1.270-276.1997     Document Type: Article

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