The development and use of real-time PCR for the quantification of nitrifiers in activated sludge

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 46, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 267-272

  Hall, S J ^a   Hugenholtz, P ^a   Siyambalapitiya, N ^a   Keller, J ^a   Blackall, L L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Activated sludge; BNR; Microbial ecology; Nitrospira; Quantification; Real time PCR

Indexed keywords

ASSAYS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DNA; GENES; MICROORGANISMS; RNA; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

FULL-SCALE SYSTEMS;

SEWAGE SLUDGE;

BACTERIAL DNA; NITRITE; RNA 16S; NITROGEN; PRIMER DNA;

AMMONIA; NITRIFICATION; OXIDATION; REAL TIME METHOD; WASTEWATER;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIUM EXAMINATION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA TEMPLATE; GENE PROBE; GENE TARGETING; MICROBIAL BIOMASS; MONITORING; NITROSOSPIRA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEASE PROTECTION ASSAY; NUTRIENT; OXIDATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRODUCTIVITY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCING BATCH REACTOR; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BIOREACTOR; BRADYRHIZOBIACEAE; CHEMISTRY; EUTROPHICATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; QUALITY CONTROL; SEWAGE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NITROSOSPIRA; NITROSPIRA;

AUTOMATION; BIOREACTORS; BRADYRHIZOBIACEAE; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, BACTERIAL; EUTROPHICATION; NITROGEN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QUALITY CONTROL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEWAGE; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID;

EID: 0036024784     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2002.0488     Document Type: Conference Paper

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