Identification and ecophysiological characterization of epiphytic protein-hydrolyzing Saprospiraceae ("Candidatus epiflobacter" spp.) in activated sludge

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 74, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 2229-2238

  Xia, Yun ^a   Kong, Yunhong ^a   Thomsen, Trine Rolighed ^a   Nielsen, Per Halkjær ^a  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOPHYSIOLOGICAL CHARACTERIZATION; EPIPHYTIC RODS; HISTOCHEMICAL STAINING; MICROAUTORADIOGRAPHY;

BACTERIA; CHARACTERIZATION; ECOSYSTEMS; HYDROLYSIS; PLANTS (BOTANY); PROTEINS; RADIOGRAPHY; RNA;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS;

AMINO ACID; CARBON; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; RIBOSOME RNA;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; AMINO ACID; BACTERIUM; BIODEGRADATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DENITRIFICATION; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; EPIPHYTE; HISTOLOGY; HYDROLYSIS; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; NEW GENUS; NUCLEIC ACID ANALYSIS; PROTEIN; RADIOGRAPHY; RNA;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ARTICLE; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; HISTOCHEMISTRY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLANT; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN HYDROLYSIS; SAPROSPIRACEAE;

BACTEROIDETES; CASEINS; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RNA, RIBOSOMAL; SEWAGE; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTEROIDETES; CHLOROFLEXI; CHLOROFLEXI (CLASS); HALISCOMENOBACTER HYDROSSIS; PROTEOBACTERIA; SAPROSPIRACEAE;

EID: 42049089111     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02502-07     Document Type: Article

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