Microbial community structure and dynamics in anaerobic fluidized-bed and granular sludge-bed reactors: Influence of operational temperature and reactor configuration

Microbial Biotechnology

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 738-752

  Bialek, Katarzyna ^a   Kumar, Amit ^a,b   Mahony, Thérèse ^a   Lens, Piet N L ^b   O' Flaherty, Vincent ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b UNESCO IHE INSTITUTE FOR WATER EDUCATION   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTEROIDETES; BIOREACTOR; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; EXPANDED GRANULAR SLUDGE BED REACTOR; FIRMICUTES; FLUIDIZED BED REACTOR; GENOTYPE; METHANOBACTERIALES; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MULTIDIMENSIONAL SCALING; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN HYDROLYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SLUDGE; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

BACTERIA; BIOTA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DAIRY PRODUCTS; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; DNA, BACTERIAL; FOOD INDUSTRY; METHANE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEWAGE; TEMPERATURE; WASTE WATER; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 84867594889     PISSN: 17517907     EISSN: 17517915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-7915.2012.00364.x     Document Type: Article

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