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. 2002 May;68(5):2285–2293. doi: 10.1128/AEM.68.5.2285-2293.2002

TABLE 3.

Number of terminal restriction fragment peaks of three target genes in the two bioreactors

Bioreactor layer No. of terminal restriction fragment peaks
16S rRNA genes amoA genes nosZ genes
ICB inoculum 129 NAa NA
    Top 75 8 56
    Middle 62 7 43
    After air injection 110 5 50
    Before air injection 111 4 57
TFB inoculum 43 3 38
    Top 35 7 30
    Middle 35 5 19
    Bottom 28 5 34
a

NA, not available due to the unsuccessful PCR amplification.