Diversity of anaerobic microorganisms involved in long-chain fatty acid degradation in methanogenic sludges as revealed by RNA-based stable isotope probing

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 73, Issue 13, 2007, Pages 4119-4127

  Hatamoto, Masashi ^a   Imachi, Hiroyuki ^a,b   Yashiro, Yuto ^a   Ohashi, Akiyoshi ^a   Harada, Hideki ^a,c  

^a NAGAOKA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLONE LIBRARIES; FINGERPRINTING ANALYSIS; METHANOGENIC TREATMENT; MOLECULAR MARKERS;

BIOMARKERS; DEGRADATION; MICROORGANISMS; POLYMORPHISM; SEWAGE SLUDGE; WASTEWATER;

FATTY ACIDS;

BACTERIAL RNA; CARBON 13; ISOTOPE; LONG CHAIN FATTY ACID; PALMITIC ACID; RIBOSOME RNA; RNA; RNA 16S;

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; FATTY ACID; METHANOGENIC BACTERIUM; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PHYLOGENETICS; PROBE; RNA; SLUDGE; STABLE ISOTOPE; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER;

ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM COLONY; CLOSTRIDIUM ACETOBUTYLICUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGRADATION; DELTAPROTEOBACTERIA; GENE SEQUENCE; METHANOGENIC FERMENTATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SLUDGE; SPIROCHETE; SYNTROPHACEAE; SYNTROPHOMONADACEAE; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

BACTERIA, ANAEROBIC; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; CARBON ISOTOPES; FATTY ACIDS; METHANE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PALMITATES; PHYLOGENY; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEWAGE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTEROIDETES PHYLUM; CLOSTRIDIUM; DELTAPROTEOBACTERIA; SPIROCHAETES; SYNTROPHACEAE; SYNTROPHOMONADACEAE;

EID: 34447532559     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00362-07     Document Type: Article

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