Sulfur bacteria in wastewater stabilization ponds periodically affected by the 'red-water' phenomenon

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 97, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 379-394

  Belila, Abdelaziz ^a   Abbas, Ben ^b   Fazaa, Imed ^a   Saidi, Neila ^a   Snoussi, Mejdi ^a   Hassen, Abdennaceur ^a   Muyzer, Gerard ^b,c  

^a University of Carthage   (Tunisia)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Functional diversity; PCR DGGE; Red water phenomenon; Sulfur bacteria; Wastewater stabilization ponds

Indexed keywords

FUNCTIONAL DIVERSITY; PCR-DGGE; RED-WATER PHENOMENON; SULFUR BACTERIA; WASTEWATER STABILIZATION PONDS;

ELECTROPHORESIS; FUNCTIONAL GROUPS; GENES; METABOLISM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA; SEWAGE LAGOONS; STABILIZATION PONDS; SULFUR; WATERWORKS;

BACTERIA;

RNA 16S;

BACTERIUM; ELECTRON; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; GENE EXPRESSION; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POND; SPECIES DIVERSITY; STABILIZATION; SULFUR; WASTEWATER;

APRA GENE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTEROIDETES; CHLOROBI; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYANOBACTERIUM; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; DESULFOBACTER; DESULFOBULBUS; DSRB GENE; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; NONHUMAN; PHOTOTROPHIC BACTERIUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEOBACTERIA; PUFM GENE; SULFATE REDUCING BACTERIUM; SULFUR BACTERIUM; SULFUR OXIDIZING BACTERIUM; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT; WASTEWATER STABILIZATION POND;

BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIODIVERSITY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; METAGENOME; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SULFUR; TUNISIA; WASTE WATER;

TUNISIA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTEROIDETES; CHLOROBI; CHROMATIACEAE; CYANOBACTERIA; DESULFOBACTER; DESULFOBULBUS; PROTEOBACTERIA;

EID: 84872310005     PISSN: 01757598     EISSN: 14320614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00253-012-3931-5     Document Type: Article

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