The use of 16S rDNA clone libraries to describe the microbial diversity of activated sludge communities

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 37, Issue 4-5, 1998, Pages 451-454

  Blackall, Linda L ^a   Burrell, Paul C ^a   Gwilliam, Heather ^a   Bradford, Debbie ^a   Bond, Philip L ^a   Hugenholtz, Philip ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

16S rRNA; Activated sludge; Biodiversity; Clone library; Molecular ecology; Phylogeny; Restriction enzyme analysis

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; CLONING; DNA; ENZYME KINETICS;

BIODIVERSITY; CLONE LIBRARY;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS;

RESTRICTION ENDONUCLEASE; RIBOSOME DNA; RNA 16S;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; BACTERIUM;

ACINETOBACTER; ACTIVATED SLUDGE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DNA LIBRARY; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 0031832136     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0273-1223(98)00144-9     Document Type: Conference Paper

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