Isolation of new bacterial species from drinking water biofilms and proof of their in situ dominance with highly specific 16S rRNA probes

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 63, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 4164-4170

  Kalmbach, Sibylle ^a   Manz, Werner ^a   Szewzyk, Ulrich ^a  

^a TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIOFILM; CELL VIABILITY; ECOSYSTEM; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; NONHUMAN; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBE; PHYLOGENY; RNA PROBE; RNA SEQUENCE;

EID: 0030716777     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.63.11.4164-4170.1997     Document Type: Article

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