In situ detection of rhodococci associated with activated sludge foams

Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, International Journal of General and Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 74, Issue 1-3, 1998, Pages 41-48

  Davenport, Russell J ^a   Elliott, James N ^a,b   Curtis, Tom P ^a   Upton, John ^c  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c SEVERN TRENT WATER LTD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Activated sludge; Fluorescent in situ hybridisation; Foaming; Mycolata; Rhodococci

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MOLECULAR HYBRIDIZATION; NONHUMAN; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHODOCOCCUS;

BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBES; RHODOCOCCUS; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEWAGE;

EID: 0032460396     PISSN: 00036072     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1001795609982     Document Type: Article

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