Cluster Structure of Anaerobic Aggregates of an Expanded Granular Sludge Bed Reactor

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 67, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 3683-3692

  Gonzalez Gil, G ^a   Lens, P N L ^a   Van Aelst, A ^a   Van As, H ^a   Versprille, A I ^b   Lettinga, G ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Biothane Systems International   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID DERIVATIVE; METHANE;

ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BIOMASS; BIOREACTOR; CLASSIFICATION; DELTAPROTEOBACTERIA; EURYARCHAEOTA; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENETICS; INSTRUMENTATION; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PHYSIOLOGY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEWAGE;

ACETATES; BACTERIA, ANAEROBIC; BACTERIAL ADHESION; BIOMASS; BIOREACTORS; DELTAPROTEOBACTERIA; EURYARCHAEOTA; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; METHANE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; SEWAGE; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID;

EID: 0035430521     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.67.8.3683-3692.2001     Document Type: Article

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