Fluorescence in situ hybridization using 16S rRNA-targeted oligonucleotides reveals localization of methanogens and selected uncultured bacteria in mesophilic and thermophilic sludge granules

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 1280-1288

  Sekiguchi, Yuji ^a   Kamagata, Yoichi ^b   Nakamura, Kazunori ^b   Ohashi, Akiyoshi ^a   Harada, Hideki ^a  

^a NAGAOKA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; PROPIONIC ACID; RNA 16S; SUCROSE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CHLOROBIUM; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; METABOLIC REGULATION; METHANOBACTERIALES; METHANOBACTERIUM; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SLUDGE; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM; WASTE WATER;

METHANOBACTERIUM; METHANOSAETA; METHANOSARCINA; METHANOSPIRILLUM;

EID: 0033027522     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.65.3.1280-1288.1999     Document Type: Article

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