Quantitative population dynamics of microbial communities in plankton-fed microbial fuel cells

ISME Journal

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 635-646

  White, Helen K ^a   Reimers, Clare E ^b   Cordes, Erik E ^a   Dilly, Geoffrey F ^a   Girguis, Peter R ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell; Fuel; Plankton; Power

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTEROIDES; BACTEROIDES (CLASS); CYTOPHAGA; FLAVOBACTERIUM; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA;

AMMONIA; BACTERIAL DNA; CARBON; RIBOSOME DNA; RNA 16S;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIUM; BIODIVERSITY; BIOENERGY; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA SEQUENCE; ELECTRODE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMMONIA; BACTERIA; BIODIVERSITY; BIOELECTRIC ENERGY SOURCES; CARBON; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; ELECTRODES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID;

EID: 67549151044     PISSN: 17517362     EISSN: 17517370     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ismej.2009.12     Document Type: Article

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