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A Novel Bioreactor for High Density Cultivation of Diverse Microbial Communities
Published on: December 25, 2015
Evolution of the bacterial community during granules formation in denitrifying reactors followed by molecular,
C Etchebehere1, A Cabezas, P Dabert
1Facultad de Ciencias, UDELAR, Gral Flores 2124 CC1157, Montevideo, Uruguay. cetchebe@fq.edu.uy
Abstract:
The microbial community in two acetate-fed denitrifying reactors, inoculated with methanogenic sludge, was monitored by 16S rDNA-based methods (SSCP and FISH). Both reactors converged to similar, stable communities. The predominant organisms belonged to the genera Thauera, Paracoccus and Denitrobacter, detected both by molecular and culture-based methods.
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