The comparison of the diversity of activated sludge plants

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 37, Issue 4-5, 1998, Pages 71-78

  Curtis, Thomas P ^a   Craine, Noel G ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Activated sludge; Denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis; Diversity; Wastewater

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; ELECTROPHORESIS; GELS; RNA; SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANTS;

BACTERIAL POPULATIONS; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS;

RIBOSOME RNA;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; BACTERIUM;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; BACTERIUM; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; ENGINEERING; NONHUMAN; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT;

EID: 0031803542     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0273-1223(98)00086-9     Document Type: Conference Paper

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