Comparison of the microbial community structures of untreated wastewaters from different geographic locales

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 79, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 2906-2913

  Shanks, Orin C ^a   Newton, Ryan J ^b   Kelty, Catherine A ^a   Huse, Susan M ^c,d   Sogin, Mitchell L ^c   McLellan, Sandra L ^b  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^c MARINE BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURES; HIGH-QUALITY SEQUENCES; HUMAN FECAL POLLUTION; MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY STRUCTURES; OPERATIONAL TAXONOMIC UNITS; SEWAGE INFRASTRUCTURE;

MICROORGANISMS; RNA; SOCIAL SCIENCES; WATER QUALITY;

SEWAGE;

BACTERIUM; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FECES; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL ECOLOGY; SEWAGE; TAXONOMY; WATER QUALITY;

UNITED STATES;

ACTINOBACTERIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTEROIDETES; FIRMICUTES; PROTEOBACTERIA;

BACTERIAL DNA; RIBOSOME DNA; RNA 16S; SEWAGE;

BACTERIA; BACTEROIDETES; BIODIVERSITY; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FECES; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; HIGH THROUGHPUT SEQUENCING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; SEWAGE; UNITED STATES;

BACTERIA; BACTEROIDETES; BIODIVERSITY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; FECES; GEOGRAPHY; HIGH-THROUGHPUT NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCING; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEWAGE; UNITED STATES; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 84876302236     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.03448-12     Document Type: Article

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