Formation of granules and Methanosaeta fibres in an anaerobic migrating blanket reactor (AMBR)

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 315-322

  Angenent, Largus T ^a   Sung, Shihwu ^b   Raskin, Lutgarde ^c  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S;

ANAEROBIC GROWTH; ARTICLE; BIOREACTOR; CYTOLOGY; GENETICS; INSTRUMENTATION; METABOLISM; METHANOSARCINA; METHODOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; PHYSIOLOGY; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ANAEROBIOSIS; BIOREACTORS; METHANOSARCINALES; PARTICLE SIZE; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

METHANOSAETA; METHANOSAETA CONCILII; METHANOSARCINA;

EID: 1842562337     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2004.00597.x     Document Type: Article

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