Bacterial taxa abundance pattern in an industrial wastewater treatment system determined by the full rRNA cycle approach

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1780-1789

  Figuerola, Eva L M ^a   Erijman, Leonardo ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PRIMER DNA; RNA 16S;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DNA SEQUENCE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GENE LIBRARY; GENETICS; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; SEWAGE; WATER MANAGEMENT;

BACTERIA; BASE SEQUENCE; BIODIVERSITY; DNA PRIMERS; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; GENE LIBRARY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEWAGE; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER PURIFICATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); OTUS;

EID: 34250215976     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: 14622920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2007.01298.x     Document Type: Article

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