Quantification of Microthrix parvicella in activated sludge bacterial communities by real-time PCR

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 207-211

  Kaetzke, A ^a   Jentzsch, D ^b   Eschrich, Klaus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^b Kommunale Wasserwerke Leipzig GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

16S rRNA gene; Filamentous bacteria; Foaming activated sludge; Monitoring; SYBR Green I

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS; BACTERIA; GENES; RNA; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

16S RRNA GENE; ACTIVATED SLUDGE; BACTERIAL COMMUNITY; FILAMENTOUS BACTERIA; FOAMING ACTIVATED SLUDGE; M. PARVICELLA; MICROTHRIX PARVICELLA; SLUDGE SAMPLES; SYBR GREEN I; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

RIBOSOME RNA;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; FOAMING; MICROTHRIX; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RELIABILITY; RNA GENE; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT;

CANDIDATUS MICROTHRIX PARVICELLA;

EID: 14644423208     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-765X.2005.01656.x     Document Type: Article

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