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. 1996 Jun;62(6):2163–2168. doi: 10.1128/aem.62.6.2163-2168.1996

Population dynamics of propionate-oxidizing bacteria under methanogenic and sulfidogenic conditions in anaerobic granular sludge.

H J Harmsen 1, A D Akkermans 1, A J Stams 1, W M de Vos 1
PMCID: PMC167994  PMID: 8787413

Abstract

Laboratory-scale upflow anaerobic sludge-bed reactors were inoculated with industrial granular sludge and fed with either propionate or propionate and sulfate. The population dynamics of the propionate-oxidizing bacteria Desulfobulbus sp. and the syntrophically growing strain SYN7 were studied in reactors by dot blot and in situ hybridization with 16S rRNA-based oligonucleotide probes.

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