Diversity of Dominant Bacterial Taxa in Activated Sludge Promotes Functional Resistance following Toxic Shock Loading

Microbial Ecology

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 557-567

  Saikaly, Pascal E ^a,b   Oerther, Daniel B ^c,d  

^a KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

^c Architectural and Environmental Engineering   (United States)

^d MISSOURI UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3,5 DICHLOROPHENOL; 3,5-DICHLOROPHENOL; 4 NITROPHENOL; 4-NITROPHENOL; BACTERIAL DNA; CHLOROPHENOL; COPPER SULFATE; NITROPHENOL; OXYGEN; RNA 16S;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BIODIVERSITY; BIOREACTOR; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SEWAGE;

BACTERIA; BIODIVERSITY; BIOREACTORS; CHLOROPHENOLS; COPPER SULFATE; DNA, BACTERIAL; NITROPHENOLS; OXYGEN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEWAGE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 79953742946     PISSN: 00953628     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00248-010-9783-6     Document Type: Article

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