Identification and quantification of Gordona amarae strains in activated sludge systems using comparative rRNA sequence analysis and phylogenetic hybridization probes

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 37, Issue 4-5, 1998, Pages 521-525

  De Los Reyes, Ma Fiorella ^a   De Los Reyes, Francis L ^a   Hernandez, Mark ^b   Raskin, Lutgarde ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UCB 450   (United States)

Author keywords

Activated sludge; Foaming; Gordona amarae; Nocardia amarae; Oligonucleotide probes; Ribosomal RNA

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; DATABASE SYSTEMS; FOAM CONTROL; GENES; NUCLEIC ACID SEQUENCES; RNA;

BACTERIAL STRAINS; FOAMING; HYBRIDIZATION;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS;

RIBOSOME RNA;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; BACTERIUM;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DISSOCIATION; FOAM; HYBRIDIZATION; MYCOBACTERIUM; NOCARDIA; NONHUMAN; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBE; PHYLOGENY; RNA SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE;

GORDONA AMARAE;

EID: 0031858942     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0273-1223(98)00154-1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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