Phenotypic properties and microbial diversity of methanogenic granules from a full-scale upflow anaerobic sludge bed reactor treating brewery wastewater

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 72, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 4942-4949

  Díaz, Emiliano E ^a   Stams, Alfons J M ^b   Amils, Ricardo ^a   Sanz, José L ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIOREACTORS; CLONING; ELECTROPHORESIS; FLUORESCENCE; GRANULAR MATERIALS; METHANOGENS; MICROBIOLOGY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ANAEROBIC BIOREACTORS; FLUORESCENT IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION (FISH); METHANOGENIC GRANULES; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

BIOREACTOR; LIFE CYCLE; METHANOGENIC BACTERIUM; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SLUDGE;

ANAEROBIC REACTOR; ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BEER; BREWERY; BREWING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFERRIBACTERES; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; FIRMICUTES; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE SEQUENCE; LIFE CYCLE; METHANOBACTERIUM; METHANOSAETA CONCILII; METHANOSARCINA; METHANOSARCINA MAZEI; METHANOSPIRILLUM; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MOLECULAR CLONING; NITROSPIRA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SLUDGE BED REACTOR; SLUDGE TREATMENT; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

ANAEROBIOSIS; BACTERIA; BIOREACTORS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; METHANOSARCINALES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PARTICLE SIZE; PHENOTYPE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEWAGE; VARIATION (GENETICS); WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID;

DEFERRIBACTERES; FIRMICUTES; METHANOSAETA CONCILII; METHANOSARCINA MAZEI; METHANOSPIRILLUM; NITROSPIRA;

EID: 33746071943     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02985-05     Document Type: Article

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