Metagenome survey of a multispecies and alga-associated biofilm revealed key elements of bacterial-algal interactions in photobioreactors

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 79, Issue 20, 2013, Pages 6196-6206

  Krohn Molt, Ines ^a   Wemheuer, Bernd ^b   Alawi, Malik ^c,d   Poehlein, Anja ^b   Güllert, Simon ^a   Schmeisser, Christel ^a   Pommerening Röser, Andreas ^a   Grundhoff, Adam ^c   Daniel, Rolf ^b   Hanelt, Dieter ^a   Streit, Wolfgang R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^c LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR EXPERIMENTAL VIROLOGY   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

16S RRNA PHYLOGENY; ALGAL PRODUCTIVITY; BACTERIAL BIOFILM; BACTERIAL SPECIES; BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; BIOFUEL PRODUCTION; CHLORELLA VULGARIS; SCENEDESMUS OBLIQUUS;

ALGAE; AROMATIC POLYMERS; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOFILMS; BIOFUELS; CARBON DIOXIDE; GALLIUM ALLOYS; GENE ENCODING; PHOTOBIOREACTORS; RNA;

BACTERIA;

BACTERIUM; BIOFILM; BIOFOULING; BIOFUEL; BIOREACTOR; CARBON DIOXIDE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FATTY ACID; GENOME; MICROALGA; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGENY; POLYMER; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

BACTERIAL DNA; RIBOSOME DNA; RNA 16S;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; BACTERIUM; BIODIVERSITY; BIOFILM; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROALGA; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ORGANISMAL INTERACTION; PHOTOBIOREACTOR; PHYSIOLOGY;

BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; BIODIVERSITY; BIOFILMS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; MICROALGAE; MICROBIAL INTERACTIONS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHOTOBIOREACTORS; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 84885025678     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01641-13     Document Type: Article

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