Monitoring precursor 16S rRNAs of Acinetobacter spp. in activated sludge wastewater treatment systems

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 66, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 2154-2165

  Oerther, Daniel B ^a   Pernthaler, Jakob ^b   Schramm, Andreas ^b   Amann, Rudolf ^b   Raskin, Lutgarde ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S;

ACINETOBACTER; ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; NONHUMAN; RNA ANALYSIS; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

ACINETOBACTER; BASE SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBES; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEWAGE; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER PURIFICATION;

ACINETOBACTER; ACINETOBACTER CALCOACETICUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; LURIA;

EID: 0034016926     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.66.5.2154-2165.2000     Document Type: Article

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