The hunt for the G-bacteria in activated sludge biomass

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 37, Issue 4-5, 1998, Pages 65-69

  Maszenan, A M ^a   Seviour, R J ^a   Patel, B K C ^b   Rees, G N ^c   McDougall, B ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c MURRAY DARLING FRESHWATER RESEARCH CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Activated sludge; Amaricoccus; G bacteria

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIOMASS; DNA SEQUENCES; GENES; SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANTS;

COCCOID BACTERIA;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS;

CARBON; POLY(3 HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID); POLYPHOSPHATE; RIBOSOME DNA;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; BACTERIUM;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; AUSTRALIA; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIOMASS; CONFERENCE PAPER; CULTURE MEDIUM; DNA SEQUENCE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; ITALY; MACAO; MICROMANIPULATION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; AMARICOCCUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); COCCOIDEA; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0031831803     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0273-1223(98)00085-7     Document Type: Conference Paper

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