Activity and three-dimensional distribution of toluene-degrading Pseudomonas putida in a multispecies biofilm assessed by quantitative in situ hybridization and scanning confocal laser microscopy

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 62, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 4632-4640

  Møller, Søren ^a   Pedersen, Anne R ^a   Poulsen, Lars K ^b   Arvin, Erik ^a   Molin, Søren ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b NOVO NORDISK A S   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACRIDINE ORANGE; RIBOSOME RNA; TOLUENE;

ARTICLE; BIOFILM; BIOFILTER; CELL SIZE; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; DEGRADATION; GAS WASTE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; NONHUMAN; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; RNA ANALYSIS;

PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA;

BACTERIA; BIODEGRADATION; BIOFILM; TOLUENE;

EID: 0029659247     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.62.12.4632-4640.1996     Document Type: Article

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