Nonrandom assembly of bacterial populations in activated sludge flocs

Microbial Ecology

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 436-444

  Ayarza, Joaquín M ^a   Guerrero, Leandro D ^a   Erijman, Leonardo ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES EN INGENIERÍA GENÉTICA Y BIOLOGÍA MOLECULAR   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

BACTERIAL RNA; RNA 16S;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BIOMASS; BIOREACTOR; DNA FINGERPRINTING; FLOCCULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MICROBIOLOGY; SEWAGE; TIME;

BACTERIA; BIOMASS; BIOREACTORS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; FLOCCULATION; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEWAGE; TIME FACTORS; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID;

EID: 77952481263     PISSN: 00953628     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00248-009-9581-1     Document Type: Article

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