Pair-dependent co-aggregation behavior of non-flocculating sludge bacteria

Biotechnology Letters

Volumn 25, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 981-986

  Malik, Anushree ^a   Kakii, Kazuo ^a  

^a UTSUNOMIYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acinetobacter johnsonii; Co aggregation; Microbacterium esteraromaticum; Sewage sludge; Xanthomonas sp.

Indexed keywords

EDETIC ACID; MICROSOMAL AMINOPEPTIDASE; PERIODATE; PERIODIC ACID; SERINE PROTEINASE;

ACINETOBACTER; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BIOFILM; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; FLOCCULATION; HYDROPHOBICITY; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROCOCCACEAE; PHYSIOLOGY; SEWAGE; ULTRASTRUCTURE; XANTHOMONAS;

ACINETOBACTER; BACTERIAL ADHESION; BIOFILMS; EDETIC ACID; FLOCCULATION; HYDROPHOBICITY; MICROCOCCACEAE; PERIODIC ACID; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; SEWAGE; XANTHOMONAS;

ACINETOBACTER; ACINETOBACTER JOHNSONII; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MICROBACTERIUM; MICROBACTERIUM ESTERAROMATICUM; MICROCOCCACEAE; XANTHOMONAS; XANTHOMONAS SP.;

EID: 0038756578     PISSN: 01415492     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1024009511113     Document Type: Article

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