Beginning a molecular analysis of the eukaryal community in activated sludge

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 37, Issue 4-5, 1998, Pages 455-460

  Marsh, Terence L ^a   Liu, Wen Tso ^b   Forney, Larry J ^a   Cheng, Hans ^c  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Activated sludge; DGGE; Diversity; Eukaryotes; Phylogeny; T RFLP; Terminal restriction fragment length polymorphism

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIOREACTORS; DNA SEQUENCES; ELECTROPHORESIS; SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANTS;

BIODIVERSITY; EUKARYOTES; POLYMORPHISM;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS;

GLUCOSE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; PEPTONE; RIBOSOME DNA;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; BACTERIUM; WASTE WATER;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; BIOREACTOR; CILIATE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; EUKARYOTE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0031860407     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0273-1223(98)00145-0     Document Type: Conference Paper

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