Stratified microbial structure and activity in sulfide- and methane- producing anaerobic sewer biofilms

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 80, Issue 22, 2014, Pages 7042-7052

  Sun, Jing ^a   Hu, Shihu ^a   Sharma, Keshab Raj ^a,b   Ni, Bing Jie ^a   Yuan, Zhiguo ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b CRC for Water Sensitive Cities   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MICROBIAL STRUCTURES;

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BIOFILM; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; METHANE; METHANOGENESIS; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL ECOLOGY; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SULFATE-REDUCING BACTERIUM; SULFIDE;

METHANE; SEWAGE; SULFIDE;

ANAEROBIC GROWTH; BACTERIAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; BACTERIUM; BIOFILM; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; SEWAGE;

ANAEROBIOSIS; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; BIOFILMS; METHANE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; SEWAGE; SULFIDES;

EID: 84908278085     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02146-14     Document Type: Article

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