Bacterial communities in industrial wastewater bioreactors

Current Opinion in Microbiology

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 275-278

  Bramucci, Michael ^a   Nagarajan, Vasantha ^a  

^a DUPONT COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL FLORA; BIOCATALYST; BIOPROCESS; BIOREACTOR; DNA MICROARRAY; ENZYME ISOLATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MICROBIAL BIOMASS; MICROORGANISM DETECTION; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

BACTERIA; BIOREACTORS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 33744542805     PISSN: 13695274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mib.2006.04.005     Document Type: Review

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