Bioaugmentation of a sequencing batch biofilm raector by horizontal gene transfer

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 49, Issue 11-12, 2004, Pages 337-344

  Bathe, Stephan ^a   Mohan, T V K ^a,b   Wuertz, S ^c   Hausner, M ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b BHABHA ATOMIC RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

2,4 dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4 D); Bioaugmentation; Catabolic plasmid pJP4; Conjugation; PCR DGCE; Sequencing batch biofilm reactor (SBBR)

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADATION; BIOREACTORS; GENES; MICROORGANISMS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

BIOAUGMENTATION; MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES;

BIOFILMS;

2,4 DICHLOROPHENOXYACETIC ACID; CARBON; XENOBIOTIC AGENT;

BIOFILM; GENE TRANSFER; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; WASTEWATER;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONJUGATION; BIOFILM REACTOR; CARBON SOURCE; CELL COUNT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; MICROBIAL DEGRADATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; SEQUENCING BATCH REACTOR; WASTE WATER; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 4344683511     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2004.0875     Document Type: Article

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