Metagenome Survey of Biofilms in Drinking-Water Networks

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 69, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 7298-7309

  Schmeisser, C ^a   Stockigt C ^a   Raasch, C ^a   Wingender, J ^b   Timmis, K N ^d   Wenderoth, D F ^d   Flemming, H C ^b   Liesegang, H ^a   Schmitz, R A ^a   Jaeger, K E ^c   Streit, W R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

^c HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR INFECTION RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL CULTURE; CLONING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENES; POTABLE WATER; PROTEINS; RNA; VALVES (MECHANICAL);

DRINKING WATER NETWORKS; METAGENOME SURVEYS;

BIOFILMS;

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DRINKING WATER; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; RNA 16S; BACTERIAL DNA; RIBOSOME DNA;

MICROBIOLOGY;

ACTINOBACTERIA; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTEROIDES; BIOFILM; CLONE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COSMID; DATA BASE; DNA SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLAVOBACTERIUM; FLEXIBACTERACEAE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HEALTH HAZARD; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENICITY; PHYLOGENY; PSEUDOMONAS; RHIZOBIUM; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE; WATER SUPPLY; BACTERIUM; CLASSIFICATION; ECOSYSTEM; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MOLECULAR GENETICS;

ACTINOBACTERIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTEROIDES; CYTOPHAGA; ESCHERICHIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLAVOBACTERIUM; FLEXIBACTERACEAE; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; PROTEOBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS; RHIZOBIUM;

BACTERIA; BIOFILMS; COSMIDS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; ECOSYSTEM; GENOME, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 2142687116     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.69.12.7298-7309.2003     Document Type: Article

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