Assessment of anaerobic wastewater treatment failure using terminal restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis

Journal of Applied Microbiology

Volumn 99, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1463-1471

  Scully, C ^a   Collins, G ^a   O'Flaherty, Vincent ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Anaerobic digestion; Crenarchaeota; Microbial community dynamics; Terminal restriction fragment length polymorphism

Indexed keywords

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; BIOCONVERSION; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; INDUSTRIAL WATER TREATMENT; MICROORGANISMS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ANAEROBIC BIOREACTORS; ANAEROBIC WASTE WATER TREATMENT; ANAEROBICS; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND REMOVALS; CRENARCHAEOTA; GENETIC FINGERPRINTING; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM ANALYSIS; TERMINAL RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISMS; TREATMENT FAILURE;

BIOREACTORS;

ACETIC ACID; BUTYRIC ACID; METHANE; PROPIONIC ACID; RNA 16S; VOLATILE FATTY ACID;

ANAEROBIOSIS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

ACIDIANUS; ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; ANAEROBIC REACTOR; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; BIOMASS; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRENARCHAEOTA; HALORUBRUM; METHANOBACTERIUM; METHANOCOCCUS; METHANOGENESIS; METHANOSAETA; NONHUMAN; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SULFOLOBUS; THERMOPHILUS; THIOVULUM; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

ACIDIANUS; CRENARCHAEOTA; HALORUBRUM; METHANOBACTERIUM; METHANOCOCCUS; METHANOSAETA; SULFOLOBUS; THIOVULUM; UNCULTURED CRENARCHAEOTE;

EID: 28444486417     PISSN: 13645072     EISSN: 13652672     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2672.2005.02743.x     Document Type: Article

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