Monitoring the community structure of wastewater treatment plants: A comparison of old and new techniques

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 205-215

  Amann, Rudolf ^a   Lemmer, Hilde ^b   Wagner, Michael ^c  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b Institut für Wasserforschung   (Germany)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Community structure; Microbial ecology; Microscopy; Monitoring; Nucleic acid probe; Wastewater treatment

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MONITORING TECHNIQUES; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

BACTERIAL FLORA; CELL DENSITY; CELL GROWTH; ECOLOGY; HYBRIDIZATION; MONITORING; NUCLEIC ACID PROBE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; TAXONOMY; TECHNIQUE; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0032032259     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-6496(98)00006-3     Document Type: Review

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