Microbial structure and community of RBC biofilm removing nitrate and phosphorus from domestic wastewater

Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1459-1469

  Lee, Hanwoong ^a   Choi, Euiso ^b   Yun, Zuwhan ^b   Park, Yong Keun ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Korea University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

16S rDNA; Bacterial community; Biofilm; FISH; Rotating biological contactor

Indexed keywords

DNA 16S; NITRATE; PHOSPHORUS; POLYMER;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BEGGIATOA; BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; BIOFILM; BIOREACTOR; CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; CELL COUNT; CITROBACTER; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; DOMESTIC WASTE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; KLEBSIELLA; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEOBACTERIA; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SULFUR OXIDIZING BACTERIUM; THIOTHRIX; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; BASE SEQUENCE; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIOFILMS; BIOREACTORS; DNA, BACTERIAL; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; NITRATES; PHOSPHATES; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEWAGE; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BEGGIATOA; CITROBACTER; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; KLEBSIELLA SP.; PROTEOBACTERIA; THIOTHRIX SP.;

EID: 56749156082     PISSN: 10177825     EISSN: 17388872     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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