A rapid method to quantify nitrifiers in activated sludge

Water Research

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1585-1593

  Manser, Reto ^a,b   Muche, Kathrin ^a,b   Gujer, Willi ^a,b   Siegrist, Hansruedi ^a,b  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Activated sludge; Epifluorescence microscopy; Fish; Nitrifying bacteria; Quantification

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; BACTERIA; FLUORESCENCE; MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION; NITRIFICATION; OXIDATION;

BIOVOLUME; CONFOCAL LASER SCANNING MICROSCOPY (CLSM); NITRIFIERS; NITRIFYING BACTERIA;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS;

AMMONIA;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; BACTERIUM; NITRIFICATION; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

WASTEWATER;

ACCURACY; ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EPIFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

NITROSOMONADALES;

EID: 18244365573     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2004.12.040     Document Type: Article

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