The filamentous morphotype Eikelboom Type 1863 is not a single genetic entity

Journal of Applied Microbiology

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 411-421

  Seviour, E M ^a   Blackall, L L ^b   Christensson, C ^b,c   Hugenholtz, P ^b,d   Cunningham, M A ^b   Bradford, D ^b   Stratton, H M ^a   Seviour, R J ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS;

16S RDNA SEQUENCE; ACINETOBACTERS; ACTIVATED SLUDGE; BACTEROIDES; CHRYSEOBACTERIUM; MICROSCOPIC FEATURES; MORPHOTYPES; SEQUENCE DATA; SEWAGE-TREATMENT PLANTS; VICTORIAS (AUSTRALIA);

SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANTS;

RIBOSOME DNA;

ACINETOBACTER; ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; MORAXELLA; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; TAXONOMY;

EID: 0030941425     PISSN: 13645072     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2672.1997.00111.x     Document Type: Article

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