Yet-to-be Cultured Microorganisms Relevant to Methane Fermentation Processes

Microbes and Environments

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-15

  Sekiguchi, Yuji ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

Author keywords

16S rRNA; Methanogenesis; syntrophism; uncultured microorganism; wastewater treatment

Indexed keywords

EID: 34249937959     PISSN: 13426311     EISSN: 13474405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1264/jsme2.21.1     Document Type: Article

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