High-throughput amplicon sequencing reveals distinct communities within a corroding concrete sewer system

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 78, Issue 19, 2012, Pages 7160-7162

  Cayford, Barry I ^a   Dennis, Paul G ^a   Keller, Jurg ^a   Tyson, Gene W ^a   Bond, Philip L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME RNA; SULFUR;

BIOTA; GENETICS; HIGH THROUGHPUT SEQUENCING; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; NOTE; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION;

BIOTA; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; HIGH-THROUGHPUT NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCING; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL; SULFUR;

ACIDITHIOBACILLUS;

EID: 84868318446     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01582-12     Document Type: Note

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