Performance and microbial analysis of defined and non-defined inocula for the removal of dimethyl sulfide in a biotrickling filter

Biotechnology and Bioengineering

Volumn 96, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 661-672

  Sercu, B ^a,b   Boon, N ^a   Beken, S Vander ^a   Verstraete, W ^a   Van Langenhove, H ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biotrickling filter; Denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis; Dimethyl sulfide; Inoculum selection; Real time PCR

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIOREACTORS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; ELECTROPHORESIS; MICROBIOLOGY;

BIOTRICKLING FILTERS; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; DIMETHYL SULFIDE; INOCULUM SELECTION; REAL-TIME PCR;

BIOFILTERS;

DIMETHYL SULFIDE;

ARTICLE; BIOFILM; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; FILTER; HYPHOMICROBIACEAE; MICROORGANISM; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; THIOBACILLUS THIOPARUS;

AIR POLLUTANTS; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIOFILMS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; FILTRATION; HYPHOMICROBIUM; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEWAGE; SULFIDES; THIOBACILLUS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HYPHOMICROBIUM; THIOBACILLUS THIOPARUS;

EID: 33947138595     PISSN: 00063592     EISSN: 10970290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bit.21059     Document Type: Article

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