Unique diversity content of a thermophilic anaerobic microbial consortium that utilizes propionate in a synthetic medium

Journal of General and Applied Microbiology

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 363-369

  Sugihara, Takafumi ^a   Shiratori, Hatsumi ^a   Domoto, Rieko ^a   Miyake, Taku ^a   Yaegashi, Midori ^a   Ayame, Shohei ^b   Kataoka, Naoaki ^b   Miya, Akiko ^b   Beppu, Teruhiko ^a   Ueda, Kenji ^a  

^a NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b EBARA CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Enrichment culture; Methane fermentation; Microbial consortium; Phylogenetic diversity; Propionate metabolism

Indexed keywords

PROPIONIC ACID;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; BIOREACTOR; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; METHANOGENIC FERMENTATION; MICROBIAL IDENTIFICATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN METABOLISM; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; THERMOPHILIC ARCHAEON; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ANAEROBIOSIS; ARCHAEA; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGY; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIODIVERSITY; BIOREACTORS; CULTURE MEDIA; PHYLOGENY; PROPIONATES; SEWAGE;

EID: 39449097594     PISSN: 00221260     EISSN: 13498037     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2323/jgam.53.363     Document Type: Article

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