Microbial community structure and methanogenic activity during start-up of psychrophilic anaerobic digesters treating synthetic industrial wastewaters

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 159-170

  Collins, Gavin ^a   Woods, Adele ^a   McHugh, Sharon ^a   Carton, Micheal W ^a   O'Flaherty, Vincent ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

16S rDNA; ARDRA; EGSB; Psychrophilic anaerobic digestion; Specific methanogenic activity; T RFLP

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; METHANE; VOLATILE FATTY ACID;

BIOLOGICAL TREATMENT; BIOREACTOR; MICROORGANISM; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL FLORA; BIOREACTOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; EUBACTERIUM; GENE AMPLIFICATION; INDUSTRIAL SLUDGE; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; METHANOGENESIS; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL BIOMASS; MICROBIAL POPULATION DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); OTUS;

EID: 0242380172     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-6496(03)00217-4     Document Type: Article

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