A glimpse under the rim - The composition of microbial biofilm communities in domestic toilets

Journal of Applied Microbiology

Volumn 108, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1167-1174

  Egert, M ^a   Schmidt, I ^a   Bussey, K ^a   Breves, R ^a  

^a HENKEL KGAA   (Germany)

Author keywords

16S rRNA gene; Bacteria; Biofilm; Diversity; Hygiene; T RFLP; Toilet

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; CLASSIFICATION (OF INFORMATION); CLONING; GENES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA;

16S RRNA; 16S RRNA GENE; ARCHAEAL; DIVERSITY; GENOMIC DNA; HYGIENE; MICROBIAL BIOFILM; MICROBIAL COMPOSITION; T-RFLP; TOILET;

BIOFILMS;

GENOMIC DNA; RNA 16S;

BACTERIUM; BIOFILM; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DOMESTIC WASTE; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENOMICS; HYGIENE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NUCLEIC ACID;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ARCHEAN; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTEROIDETES; BIOFILM; DNA EXTRACTION; DNA FINGERPRINTING; FECES MICROFLORA; FUNGAL DETECTION; FUNGAL GENE; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GERMANY; HOUSEHOLD; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEOBACTERIA; RNA FINGERPRINTING; RNA GENE; SANITATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE;

ACIDOBACTERIA; ACTINOBACTERIA; ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTEROIDETES; PLANCTOMYCETES; PROTEOBACTERIA; UNCULTURED BACTERIUM;

EID: 77949374607     PISSN: 13645072     EISSN: 13652672     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2672.2009.04510.x     Document Type: Article

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