The microbial ecology of anaerobic cellulose degradation in municipal waste landfill sites: Evidence of a role for fibrobacters

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1077-1087

  Mcdonald, James E ^a,b   Houghton, James N I ^a   Rooks, David J ^a   Allison, Heather E ^a   Mccarthy, Alan J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELLULOSE; PRIMER DNA; RNA 16S;

ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BIOREMEDIATION; CLOSTRIDIUM; ECOLOGY; FIBROBACTER; FUNGUS; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; POLLUTION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STATISTICS; WASTE DISPOSAL;

BACTERIA, ANAEROBIC; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; CELLULOSE; CLOSTRIDIUM; DNA PRIMERS; ECOLOGY; FIBROBACTER; FUNGI; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REFUSE DISPOSAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; WASTE PRODUCTS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CLOSTRIDIA; CLOSTRIDIUM; FIBROBACTER; FUNGI; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; NEOCALLIMASTIGALES;

EID: 84859430680     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: 14622920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2011.02688.x     Document Type: Article

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