Population analysis in a denitrifying sand filter: Conventional and in situ identification of Paracoccus spp. in methanol-fed biofilms

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 62, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 4329-4339

  Neef, Alexander ^a   Zaglauer, Anita ^b   Meier, Harald ^a   Amann, Rudolf ^a   Lemmer, Hilde ^b   Schleifer, Karl Heinz ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b Institut für Wasserforschung   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHANOL;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BIOFILM; CELL COUNT; DENITRIFICATION; FILTRATION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LIPID ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PARACOCCUS DENITRIFICANS; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HYPHOMICROBIUM; PARACOCCUS DENITRIFICANS; PARACOCCUS SP.; PARACOCCUS VERSUTUS;

EID: 0029912111     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.62.12.4329-4339.1996     Document Type: Article

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