In situ detection of starch-hydrolyzing microorganisms in activated sludge

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 462-471

  Xia, Yun ^a   Kong, Yunhong ^a,b   Nielsen, Per Halkjær ^a  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b LETHBRIDGE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Activated sludge; BODIPY; PAOs; Starch hydrolyzing organisms

Indexed keywords

AMYLASE; POLYPHOSPHATE; STARCH;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; BACTERIUM; DETECTION METHOD; GENE EXPRESSION; HYDROLYSIS; TRANSFORMATION; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MORPHOTYPE; NONHUMAN; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; STAINING; WASTE WATER; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ALPHA-AMYLASES; BORON COMPOUNDS; FLUORESCENT DYES; HYDROLYSIS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBES; SEWAGE; STARCH; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

ACTINOBACTERIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); INTRASPORANGIACEAE; TETRASPHAERA;

EID: 54049119711     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: 15746941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2008.00559.x     Document Type: Article

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