Transition of bacterial spatial organization in a biofilm monitored by FISH and subsequent image analysis

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 49, Issue 11-12, 2004, Pages 365-370

  Aoi, Yoshiteru ^a   Tsuneda, S ^a   Hirata, A ^a  

^a WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ammonia oxidizing bacteria (AOB); Bacterial community structure; Dynamic transition; Fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH); Nitrifying biofilm; Nitrite oxidizing bacteria (NOB)

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; BACTERIA; BIOFILMS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; NITRIFICATION; OXIDATION;

DISSOLVED OXYGEN; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION (FISH);

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

AMMONIA; CARBON; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; NITROGEN;

BIOFILM; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NITRIFYING BACTERIUM;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL FLORA; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BIOFILM; BIOFILM REACTOR; BOUNDARY LAYER; CARBON NITROGEN RATIO; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; HETEROTROPHY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NITRIFICATION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PH; REACTOR MONITORING;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NITROSOMONADALES;

EID: 4344661966     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2004.0882     Document Type: Article

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