Ecophysiology of Defluviicoccus-related tetrad-forming organisms in an anaerobic-aerobic activated sludge process

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1485-1496

  Wong, Man Tak ^a   Liu, Wen Tso ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL RNA; GLYCOGEN; RNA 16S;

ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ANAEROBIC GROWTH; ARTICLE; BIOREMEDIATION; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYSIOLOGY; SEWAGE;

ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; ANAEROBIOSIS; BACTERIA, ANAEROBIC; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; GLYCOGEN; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEWAGE; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID;

ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 34248531324     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: 14622920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2007.01267.x     Document Type: Article

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