The nexus of syntrophy-associated microbiota in anaerobic digestion revealed by long-term enrichment and community survey

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 1707-1720

  Narihiro, Takashi ^a,b   Nobu, Masaru K ^a   Kim, Na Kyung ^a   Kamagata, Yoichi ^b,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 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTINOBACTERIA; BACTEROIDETES; CHLOROFLEXI; CHLOROFLEXI (CLASS); FIRMICUTES;

ACETIC ACID DERIVATIVE; BENZOIC ACID DERIVATIVE; BUTYRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CARBON DIOXIDE; FORMIC ACID DERIVATIVE; METHANE; PROPIONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; RNA 16S; SEWAGE;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ANAEROBIC GROWTH; BACTEROIDETES; CHLOROFLEXI; EURYARCHAEOTA; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL CONSORTIUM; MICROBIOLOGY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROCEDURES; SEWAGE; WATER MANAGEMENT;

ACETATES; ACTINOBACTERIA; ANAEROBIOSIS; BACTEROIDETES; BASE SEQUENCE; BENZOATES; BUTYRATES; CARBON DIOXIDE; CHLOROFLEXI; EURYARCHAEOTA; FORMATES; METHANE; MICROBIAL CONSORTIA; PROPIONATES; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEWAGE; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 84928253889     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: 14622920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.12616     Document Type: Article

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