Diversity and dynamics of microbial communities in engineered environments and their implications for process stability

Current Opinion in Biotechnology

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 270-276

  Briones, Aurelio ^a   Raskin, Lutgarde ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BIOENGINEERING; BIOREACTOR; DNA PROBE; ECOLOGICAL EQUIPMENT; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; HYBRIDIZATION; METHANOGENESIS; MOLECULAR STABILITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0038482137     PISSN: 09581669     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0958-1669(03)00065-X     Document Type: Review

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