Eco-physiological characterization of fluorescence in situ hybridization probe-targeted denitrifiers in activated sludge using culture-independent methods

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 399-405

  Ginige, M P ^a,b   Carvalho, G ^a,c   Keller, J ^a   Blackall, L L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSIDADE NOVA DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Activated sludge; Denitrification; Eco physiology; Fluorescence in situ hybridization; R and K selection; Wastewater treatment

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS; BATCH REACTORS; BIOMASS; DENITRIFICATION; FISH; FLUORESCENCE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; NUTRIENTS; PHYSIOLOGY; PROBES; RNA;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; CONTROL STRATEGIES; DENITRIFIERS; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; HYBRIDIZATION PROBE; MICRO-ORGANISMS; MIXED SUSPENSIONS; OPERATIONS CONTROL; R AND K SELECTIONS;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

RNA 16S;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS; BIOMASS; DENITRIFICATION; FLUORESCENCE; MICROORGANISMS; RNA; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; BIOMASS; BIOREACTOR; DENITRIFICATION; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; IMMUNOASSAY; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROORGANISM; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; RNA; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; DENITRIFICATION; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MICROBIAL BIOMASS; MIXED CELL CULTURE; MOLECULAR PROBE; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; SEQUENCING BATCH REACTOR; SOIL MICROFLORA; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

EID: 33947659092     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: 1472765X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-765X.2006.02089.x     Document Type: Article

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