Bacterial community shift along with the changes in operational conditions in a membrane-aerated biofilm reactor

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 99, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 3279-3290

  Tian, Hai Long ^a,b   Zhao, Jie Yu ^c   Zhang, Hong Yu ^a,b   Chi, Chang Qiao ^c   Li, Bao An ^a,b   Wu, Xiao Lei ^c  

^a TIANJIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SynBio Research Platform   (China)

^c PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

454 pyrosequencing; Bacterial community structure; Biofilm; MABR

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; BIOFILMS; BIOREACTORS; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; DENITRIFICATION; NITRIFICATION; RNA; SEWAGE; SODIUM BICARBONATE; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

454-PYROSEQUENCING; ANOXIC DENITRIFICATION; BACTERIAL COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; MABR; MEMBRANE AERATED BIOFILM REACTORS (MABR); OPERATIONAL CONDITIONS; REDUNDANCY ANALYSIS (RDA); WASTEWATER TREATMENT PROCESS;

BACTERIA;

ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; RNA 16S;

ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIUM; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; BIOFILM; BIOREACTOR; DEVICES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; GENETICS; MICROBIAL CONSORTIUM; MICROBIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEWAGE;

BACTERIA; BIOFILMS; BIOLOGICAL OXYGEN DEMAND ANALYSIS; BIOREACTORS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; MICROBIAL CONSORTIA; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID;

EID: 84925511824     PISSN: 01757598     EISSN: 14320614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00253-014-6204-7     Document Type: Article

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