Environmental distribution and population biology of Candidatus Accumulibacter, a primary agent of biological phosphorus removal

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 10, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 2692-2703

  Peterson, S Brook ^a,d   Warnecke, Falk ^b   Madejska, Julita ^b   McMahon, Katherine D ^a,c   Hugenholtz, Philip ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b DOE JOINT GENOME INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PHOSPHORUS;

ARTICLE; BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHOSPHORUS; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID;

UNCULTURED BACTERIUM;

EID: 51649112363     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: 14622920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2008.01690.x     Document Type: Article

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