Characterization of a three bacteria mixed culture in a chemostat: Evaluation and application of a quantitative Terminal-Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism (T-RFLP) analysis for absolute and species specific cell enumeration

Biotechnology and Bioengineering

Volumn 96, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 738-756

  Schmidt, Julia K ^a   König, Brigitte ^a   Reichl, Udo ^a,b  

^a OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DYNAMICS OF COMPLEX TECHNICAL SYSTEMS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Coexistence; Competition; Mathematical modeling; Microbial community; Population dynamics; Quantification

Indexed keywords

CELL CULTURE; COMPETITION; DILUTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICROBIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

COEFFICIENT OF VARIATION; COEXISTENCE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; QUANTIFICATION; TERMINAL-RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM (T-RFLP);

BACTERIA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BURKHOLDERIA CEPACIA; CHEMOSTAT; MICROBIAL GROWTH; OPTICAL DENSITY; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; REPRODUCIBILITY; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

BIOMASS; BIOREACTORS; BURKHOLDERIA CEPACIA; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; ECOSYSTEM; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

BURKHOLDERIA CEPACIA; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 33947106868     PISSN: 00063592     EISSN: 10970290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bit.21147     Document Type: Article

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