Microbial ecology of sulfate-reducing bacteria in wastewater biofilms analyzed by microelectrodes and FISH (fluorescent in situ hybridization) technique

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 41-47

  Okabe, Satoshi ^a   Satoh, Hisashi ^a   Itoh, Tsukasa ^a   Watanabe, Yoshimasa ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fluorescent in situ hybridization (FISH); Microelectrodes; Microslicing technique; Sulfur cycle; Wastewater biofilms

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENT IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MICROSLICING TECHNIQUE; SULFUR CYCLE; WASTEWATER BIOFILMS;

BACTERIA; CELLS; ECOLOGY; MICROELECTRODES; OXIDATION; SULFUR;

BIOFILMS;

NITRATE; OLIGOSACCHARIDE; OXYGEN; RIBOSOME RNA; SULFATE; SULFIDE;

MICROBIAL POLLUTANT; NITRATE; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

BIOFILM; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MICROELECTRODE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBE; REDUCTION; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

DESULFOBULBUS;

EID: 0032981028     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0273-1223(99)00148-1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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