In situ analysis of nitrifying bacteria in sewage treatment plants

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 34, Issue 1-2 -2 pt 1, 1996, Pages 237-244

  Wagner, Michael ^a   Rath, Gabriele ^b   Koops, Hans Peter ^b   Flood, Janine ^c   Amann, Rudolf ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Activated sludge; Biofilm; In situ hybridization; Nitrification; Nitrobacter; Nitrosomonas; Ribosomal RNA; Scanning confocal laser microscopy

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; BACTERIA; BIOFILMS; BIOLOGICAL SEWAGE TREATMENT; CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); NITRIFICATION; SEWAGE BACTERIOLOGY; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

AUTOTROPHIC MICROBIAL NITRIFICATION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; SCANNING CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS;

AMMONIA; RIBOSOME RNA; RIVER WATER;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BIOFILM; CELL HYBRIDIZATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; EUTROPHICATION; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; NITRIFICATION; NITROBACTER; NITROSOMONAS; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBE; SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT; TRICKLING FILTER;

EID: 0029825018     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0273-1223(96)00514-8     Document Type: Conference Paper

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