Microbial community dynamics associated with biomass granulation in low-temperature (15 °C) anaerobic wastewater treatment bioreactors

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 101, Issue 16, 2010, Pages 6336-6344

  O'Reilly, Joe ^a   Lee, Changsoo ^a,c   Chinalia, Fabio ^b   Collins, Gavin ^a   Mahony, Thérèse ^a   O'Flaherty, Vincent ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Anaerobic granules; DGGE; Low temperature anaerobic digestion; Methanogens; Quantitative PCR

Indexed keywords

BIOCONVERSION; BIOREACTORS; ELECTROPHORESIS; FATTY ACIDS; GLUCOSE; GRANULATION; METHANOGENS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA; TEMPERATURE; VOLATILE FATTY ACIDS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ANAEROBIC GRANULES; ANAEROBIC WASTE WATER TREATMENT; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESES (DGGE); DGGE; EXPANDED GRANULAR SLUDGE BED; LOW-TEMPERATURE ANAEROBIC DIGESTIONS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; QUANTITATIVE PCR;

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION;

GLUCOSE; VOLATILE FATTY ACID; RNA 16S;

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BIOFILM; BIOMASS; BIOREACTOR; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; ELECTROKINESIS; FATTY ACID; FEASIBILITY STUDY; GLUCOSE; LOW TEMPERATURE; METHANOGENESIS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REAL TIME; VOLATILE SUBSTANCE; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; BIOREACTOR; DECOMPOSITION; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; METHANOMICROBIALES; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SLUDGE; TEMPERATURE; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; ANAEROBIC GROWTH; COLD; EURYARCHAEOTA; GENETICS; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; WATER POLLUTANT;

METHANOCORPUSCULUM; METHANOMICROBIALES;

ANAEROBIOSIS; BIOMASS; BIOREACTORS; COLD TEMPERATURE; EURYARCHAEOTA; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER POLLUTANTS;

EID: 77955481533     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2010.03.049     Document Type: Article

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