Metagenomic characterization of 'CandidatusDefluviicoccus tetraformis strain TFO71', a tetrad-forming organism, predominant in an anaerobic-aerobic membrane bioreactor with deteriorated biological phosphorus removal

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 2739-2751

  Nobu, Masaru K ^a   Tamaki, Hideyuki ^b   Kubota, Kengo ^c   Liu, Wen Tso ^a  

^a University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^c TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MICROLUNATUS; TETRASPHAERA;

BACTERIAL DNA; GLYCOGEN; PHOSPHORUS; POLYHYDROXYALKANOIC ACID; POLYPHOSPHATE; RNA 16S;

BACTERIAL GENE; BIOREACTOR; GENETICS; METABOLISM; METAGENOME; PHYLOGENY; RHODOSPIRILLACEAE;

BIOREACTORS; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; GLYCOGEN; METAGENOME; PHOSPHORUS; PHYLOGENY; POLYHYDROXYALKANOATES; POLYPHOSPHATES; RHODOSPIRILLACEAE; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S;

EID: 84906944134     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: 14622920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.12383     Document Type: Article

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