Development and use of fluorescent in situ hybridization probes for the detection and identification of 'Microthrix parvicella' in activated sludge

Systematic and Applied Microbiology

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 310-318

  Erhart, Robert ^a   Bradford, Debbie ^e   Seviour, Robert J ^b   Amann, Rudolf ^a,c   Blackall, Linda L ^d  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^e NONE

Author keywords

'Microthrix parvicella'; 16S rRNA; Activated sludge; Bulking; Foaming; In situ hybridization; Oligonucleotide probes

Indexed keywords

4',6 DIAMIDINO 2 PHENYLINDOLE; BACTERIAL RNA; POLYPHOSPHATE; RIBOSOME RNA; RNA 16S;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIBOSOME; STAINING;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANDIDATUS MICROTHRIX PARVICELLA; MICROTHRIX PARVICELLA; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0030839001     PISSN: 07232020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0723-2020(97)80078-1     Document Type: Article

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