Desulfitobacterium hafniense is present in a high proportion within the biofilms of a high-performance pentachlorophenol-degrading, methanogenic fixed-film reactor

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 1058-1065

  Lanthier, M ^a,b   Juteau, P ^a   Lepine F ^a   Beaudet, R ^a   Villemur, R ^a  

^a INRS INSTITUT ARMAND FRAPPIER   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; CELLS; ELECTROPHORESIS; FLUORESCENCE; METHANOGENS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; REMOVAL; SEWAGE SLUDGE;

ACCLIMATION; BLANKET REACTORS; FIXED FILM REACTOR; HALORESPIRING BACTERIA; REMOVAL EFFICIENCY;

BIOFILMS;

3 CHLOROPHENOL; PENTACHLOROPHENOL;

BACTERIUM; BIOFILM;

ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL FLORA; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BIOFILM REACTOR; BIOREMEDIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; DESULFITOBACTERIUM; DESULFITOBACTERIUM HAFNIENSE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MICROBIAL DEGRADATION; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SLUDGE;

ANAEROBIOSIS; ARCHAEA; BACTERIA; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIOFILMS; BIOREACTORS; DESULFITOBACTERIUM; ELECTROPHORESIS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; METHANE; PENTACHLOROPHENOL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEWAGE;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DESULFITOBACTERIUM HAFNIENSE; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 13544261435     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.71.2.1058-1065.2005     Document Type: Article

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