Determination of the microbial diversity of anaerobic-aerobic activated sludge by a novel molecular biological technique

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 37, Issue 4-5, 1998, Pages 417-422

  Liu, Wen Tso ^a   Marsh, Terence L ^a   Forney, Larry J ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

16S rDNA; Activated sludge; Biological phosphorus removal; Microbial diversity; Polyphosphate; Restriction fragment length polymorphism

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; POLYMORPHISM;

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; BACTERIA; DNA; GROWTH KINETICS; PHOSPHATES;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS;

ACETIC ACID; GLYCOGEN; PEPTONE; POLYPHOSPHATE; RIBOSOME DNA;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; BIOREACTOR; CONFERENCE PAPER; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0031860742     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0273-1223(98)00141-3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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