Molecular identification of species comprising an unusual biofilm from a groundwater treatment plant

Biofilms

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 19-24

  Gillings, M R ^a   Holley, M P ^a   Selleck, M ^b  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Orica Limited Australia   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROUND WATER; INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER; RIBOSOME DNA;

ACIDIFICATION; ACIDOCELLA; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BIOFILM; CANDIDA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA EXTRACTION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GEOTRICHUM; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PICHIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTION;

ACIDOCELLA; ACIDOPHILES; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANDIDA; EUKARYOTA; FUNGI; GEOTRICHUM; PICHIA; TRICHODERMA ASPERELLUM;

EID: 35948971781     PISSN: 14790505     EISSN: 14790513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1479050507002098     Document Type: Article

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