Microbial community structure stability, a key parameter in monitoring the development of constructed wetland mesocosms during start-up

Research in Microbiology

Volumn 163, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 28-35

  Ramond, Jean Baptiste ^a   Welz, Pamela J ^b   Cowan, Don A ^a   Burton, Stephanie G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

^b CAPE PENINSULA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Constructed wetland mesocosm; Denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (DGGE); Hydraulic conductivity; Microbial community structure; Start up process

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; MESOCOSM; MICROBIAL BIOMASS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACTERIA; BIOMASS; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WETLANDS;

EID: 84855937144     PISSN: 09232508     EISSN: 17697123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resmic.2011.09.003     Document Type: Article

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