Stratification of Activity and Bacterial Community Structure in Biofilms Grown on Membranes Transferring Oxygen

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1982-1989

  Cole, Alina C ^a   Semmens, Michael J ^a   LaPara, Timothy M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOFILMS; BIOMASS; BIOREACTORS; ELECTROPHORESIS; FILM GROWTH; THERMAL STRATIFICATION;

GENE FRAGMENTS; MEMBRANE-AERATED BIOFILM (MAB) REACTORS;

MICROBIOLOGY;

AMMONIA; CARBON; GENE PRODUCT; NITROGEN; OXYGEN; PROTEIN AMOA; PROTEIN NIRK; PROTEIN NIRS; RNA 16S; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIOFILM; BIOREACTOR; MEMBRANE; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BIOFILM; BIOMASS; CLONING; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; DENITRIFICATION; FLOW RATE; MEMBRANE REACTOR; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; WASTE WATER;

BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGY; BIOFILMS; BIOREACTORS; GENES, BACTERIAL; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OXYGEN; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NITROSOMONADALES;

EID: 14244256656     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.70.4.1982-1989.2004     Document Type: Article

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