Microbial Ecology of Authothermal Aerobic Digestion (ATAD): Diversity, Dynamics and Activity of Bacterial Communities Involved in Treatment of a Municipal Wastewater

Modern Multidisciplinary Applied Microbiology: Exploiting Microbes and Their Interactions

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 526-535

  Piterina, Anna V ^a   McCusland, Ciaran ^b   Bartlett, John ^b   Pembroke, J Tony ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

^b Atlantic Technological University   (Ireland)

Author keywords

16S rDNA genes; Activity; Authothermal aerobic digestion (ATAD); Authothermal thermophilic aerobic digestion (ATAD); Bacterial communities; Diversity; Dynamics; Liquid composting; Microbial ecology; Thermotolerant thermophilic bacterial community; Treatment of municipal wastewater

Indexed keywords

EID: 84891513090     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9783527611904.ch93     Document Type: Chapter

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