Application of temperature gradient gel electrophoresis to the characterization of a nitrifying bioaugmentation product

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 277-286

  Fouratt, Melissa A ^a   Rhodes, Jeremy S ^a   Smithers, Charles M ^b   Love, Nancy G ^a   Stevens, Ann M ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Novozymes Biotech Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

16S rRNA; Activated sludge; Bioaugmentation; Nitrification; Temperature gradient gel electrophoresis

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA; RIBOSOME RNA;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NITRIFICATION; NITRIFYING BACTERIUM;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIOMASS; BIOREACTOR; CLONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUBACTERIUM; GEL; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; GENE SEQUENCE; MICROBIAL POPULATION DYNAMICS; NITRIFICATION; NITROBACTER; NITROSOMONAS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NITROBACTER; NITROSOMONAS;

EID: 0037445305     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-6496(02)00431-2     Document Type: Article

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