Contribution of molecular microbiology to the study in water pollution removal of microbial community dynamics

Reviews in Environmental Science and Biotechnology

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 39-49

  Dabert, Patrick ^a   Delgenès, Jean Philippe ^a   Moletta, René ^a   Godon, Jean Jacques ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE DE BIOTECHNOLOGIE DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

16S rDNA; Anaerobic digestion; Bioaugmentation; Dynamics; Ecosystem; Filamentous bacteria; Nitrogen; Phosphorus

Indexed keywords

EID: 12244301383     PISSN: 15691705     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1015127411408     Document Type: Review

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