Microbial composition and structure of aerobic granular sewage biofilms

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 73, Issue 19, 2007, Pages 6233-6240

  Weber, S D ^a   Ludwig, W ^a   Schleifer, K H ^a   Fried, J ^a,b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BATCH REACTORS; BREWERIES; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEWAGE BACTERIOLOGY; SEWAGE SLUDGE; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

AEROBIC ACTIVATED SLUDGE GRANULES; AEROBIC GRANULAR SEWAGE BIOFILMS; EXTRACELLULAR POLYMERIC SUBSTANCES (EPS); FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION (FISH); MALTHOUSE; MICROBIAL COMPOSITION;

BIOFILMS;

POLYMER;

BACTERIUM; BIOFILM; CILIATE; FUNGUS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEWAGE;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ARTICLE; BIOFILM; CILIATE; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; FUNGUS; NONHUMAN; PROTOZOON; SCANNING ELECTROCHEMICAL MICROSCOPY; SEWAGE; WASTE WATER;

AEROBIOSIS; ANIMALS; BACTERIA, AEROBIC; BIOFILMS; BIOREACTORS; CILIOPHORA; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEWAGE; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CILIOPHORA; EPISTYLIS; FUNGI; MYXOZOA; PROTOZOA;

EID: 35148855673     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01002-07     Document Type: Article

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