Quantitative use of fluorescent in situ hybridization to examine relationships between mycolic acid-containing actinomycetes and foaming in activated sludge plants

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 1158-1166

  Davenport, Russell J ^a   Curtis, Thomas P ^a   Goodfellow, Michael ^a   Stainsby, Fiona M ^a   Bingley, Marc ^b  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b SEVERN TRENT WATER LTD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MYCOLIC ACID; RNA 16S; TRIACYLGLYCEROL LIPASE;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; FOAM; LIQUID; NONHUMAN; PERMEABILITY; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ACTINOMYCETALES; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; MYCOLIC ACIDS; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBES; PILOT PROJECTS; SEWAGE; VISCOSITY;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE;

EID: 0034009096     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.66.3.1158-1166.2000     Document Type: Article

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