Distribution of sulfate-reducing and methanogenic bacteria in anaerobic aggregates determined by microsensor and molecular analyses

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 65, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 4618-4629

  Santegoeds, Cecilia M ^a   Damgaard, Lars Riis ^b   Hesselink, Gijs ^c   Zopfi, Jakob ^a   Lens, Piet ^d   Muyzer, Gerard ^e   De Beer, Dirk ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c Paques BV   (Netherlands)

^d WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SULFIDE;

ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BIOREACTOR; GENETIC ANALYSIS; METHANOBACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; SENSOR; SLUDGE DIGESTION; SULFATE REDUCING BACTERIUM;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); METHANOBACTERIUM;

EID: 0032877663     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.65.10.4618-4629.1999     Document Type: Article

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