Structural differentiation of bacterial communities in indole-degrading bioreactors under denitrifying and sulfate-reducing conditions

Research in Microbiology

Volumn 161, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 687-693

  Hong, Xuan ^a,c   Zhang, Xiaojun ^a   Liu, Binbin ^a   Mao, Yuejian ^a   Liu, Yongdi ^b   Zhao, Liping ^a  

^a Shanghai Jiao Tong University   (China)

^b EAST CHINA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c Xiamen Medical College   (China)

Author keywords

16S rRNA gene; Bacterial community; Denitrifying bioreactor; Indole degradation; Sulfate reducing bioreactor

Indexed keywords

INDOLE; RNA 16S;

ACALIGENES; ACIDOBACTERIUM; ACTINOBACTERIA; ALICYCLIPHILUS; ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BACTEROIDETES; BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; BIOREACTOR; CHLOROFLEXI; CLOSTRIDIA; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DECOMPOSITION; DELTAPROTEOBACTERIA; DENITRIFICATION; DENITRIFYING BACTERIUM; FIRMICUTES; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; GENE LIBRARY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL DEGRADATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REDUCTION; SULFATE REDUCING BACTERIUM; SULFATE REDUCTION; TAXON; THAUERA; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE;

BACTERIA, ANAEROBIC; BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIODIVERSITY; BIOFILMS; BIOMASS; BIOREACTORS; DENITRIFICATION; GENES, RRNA; INDOLES; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; MICROBIAL CONSORTIA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEWAGE; SULFATES;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ALICYCLIPHILUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; CLOSTRIDIA; OTUS; THAUERA;

EID: 77957286305     PISSN: 09232508     EISSN: 17697123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resmic.2010.06.010     Document Type: Article

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