Functional Biodiversity of Microbial Communities in Aerobic Selector Slaughterhouse Wastewater

From: Water Environment Research | Date: June 1, 2007| Author: Al-Mutairi, Nayef Z | Copyright information

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The biodiversity of the microbial communities of an aerobic selector and a conventional system treating slaughterhouse wastewater were evaluated using the Biolog technique (Biolog Inc., Hayward, California). Principal components analysis of patterns and level of microbial activity indicate that microbial communities statistically differentiate between the selector and conventional system. Biolog data indicated that there was seasonal variation in the structure and function of...

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