Microbial diversity differences within aerobic granular sludge and activated sludge flocs

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 97, Issue 16, 2013, Pages 7447-7458

  Winkler, M K H ^a   Kleerebezem, R ^a   De Bruin, L M M ^b   Verheijen, P J T ^a   Abbas, B ^a   Habermacher, J ^a,c   Van Loosdrecht, M C M ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b ROYAL HASKONINGDHV   (Netherlands)

^c EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Aerobic granular sludge; amoA; DGGE; Diversity; Functional stability

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED SLUDGE FLOCS; ACTIVATED SLUDGE TREATMENT PLANT; AEROBIC GRANULAR SLUDGES; AMOA; DGGE; DIVERSITY; MICROBIAL POPULATIONS; MULTI-DIMENSIONAL SCALING;

BACTERIA; FORESTRY; PILOT PLANTS;

SEWAGE TREATMENT;

DNA 16S;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CORRELATION; DATA ACQUISITION; DNA; ENTROPY; GENE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; WASTEWATER;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; AEROBIC GRANULAR SLUDGE; ANAMMOX BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; ENTROPY; FLOCCULATION; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; NETHERLANDS; NITROSOMONAS; NITROSOSPIRA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; TEMPERATURE; WASTE WATER; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT;

BACTERIA; BIODIVERSITY; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; METAGENOME; NETHERLANDS; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEWAGE;

NETHERLANDS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NITROSOMONAS; NITROSOSPIRA;

EID: 84881226103     PISSN: 01757598     EISSN: 14320614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00253-012-4472-7     Document Type: Article

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