Rains, drains and active strains: Towards online assessment of wastewater bacterial communities

Journal of Microbiological Methods

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 859-864

  Forster, Scott ^a   Lappin Scott, Hilary M ^a   Snape, Jason R ^b   Porter, Jonathan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b ASTRAZENECA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Flow cytometry; Treatment; Water

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BIOTECHNOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; CELL SELECTION; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE; MICROBIAL POPULATION DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR PROBE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WASTE WATER; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0242321039     PISSN: 01677012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mimet.2003.08.004     Document Type: Conference Paper

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