How to use molecular biology tools for the study of the anaerobic digestion process?

Reviews in Environmental Science and Biotechnology

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 555-593

  Cabezas, Angela ^a,b   de Araujo, Juliana Calabria ^c   Callejas, Cecilia ^a,d   Galès, Amandine ^f   Hamelin, Jérôme ^f   Marone, Antonella ^f   Sousa, Diana Z ^e   Trably, Eric ^f   Etchebehere, Claudia ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS CLEMENTE ESTABLE   (Uruguay)

^b UNIVERSIDAD ORT URUGUAY   (Uruguay)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSIDAD DE LA REPÚBLICA   (Uruguay)

^e WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^f LABORATOIRE DE BIOTECHNOLOGIE DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

Anaerobic digestion; Bioreactor; Function; Microbial ecology; Microbial resource management; Molecular biology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84948072738     PISSN: 15691705     EISSN: 15729826     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11157-015-9380-8     Document Type: Review

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