Description of filamentous bacteria present in industrial activated sludge WWTPs by conventional and molecular methods

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 129-137

  Levantesi, C ^a   Rossetti, S ^a   Beimfohr, C ^b   Thelen, K ^b   Krooneman, J ^c   van der Waarde, J ^c   Tandoi, V ^a  

^a WATER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^b Vermicon AG   (Germany)

^c Bioclear bv   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bulking; Filamentous bacteria; FISH; Industrial WWTPs; Pure culture; RT PCR

Indexed keywords

BULKING; CULTIVATION METHODS; FILAMENTOUS BACTERIA; MOLECULAR METHODS;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS; DNA; GENES; INDUSTRIAL PLANTS; MORPHOLOGY; RNA; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

BACTERIA;

BACTERIAL RNA; RNA 16S;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS; BACTERIA; DNA; GENES; INDUSTRIAL PLANTS; MORPHOLOGY; RNA; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; BACTERIUM; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; WASTEWATER;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CELL SELECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; INDUSTRIAL SLUDGE; MICROMANIPULATION; MICROTHRIX; NONHUMAN; NOSTOCOIDA LIMICOLA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROPIONIBACTERIUM; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT;

BACTERIA; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEWAGE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANDIDATUS MICROTHRIX; NOSTOCOIDA LIMICOLA; PROPIONIBACTERIUM PROPIONICUM;

EID: 33746625129     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2006.380     Document Type: Article

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