Characterization of bacterial communities from activated sludge: Culture-dependent numerical identification versus in situ identification using group- and genus-specific rRNA-targeted oligonucleotide probes

Microbial Ecology

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 101-121

  Kampfer P ^a,b   Erhart, R ^c   Beimfohr, C ^c   Bohringer J ^a   Wagner, M ^c   Amann, R ^c  

^a TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

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