Identification of some of the major groups of bacteria in efficient and nonefficient biological phosphorus removal activated sludge systems

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 65, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 4077-4084

  Bond, Philip L ^a   Erhart, Robert ^b   Wagner, Michael ^b   Keller, Jürg ^a   Blackall, Linda L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHOSPHORUS; RNA 16S; RNA 23S;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; BACTERIUM; PHOSPHORUS;

ACTINOBACILLUS; ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ARTICLE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; NONHUMAN; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBE; PHENOTYPE; PROTEUS; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

ACTINOBACILLUS; ACTINOBACTERIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; PROTEOBACTERIA;

EID: 0032883808     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.65.9.4077-4084.1999     Document Type: Article

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