Dynamics of polyphosphate-accumulating bacteria in wastewater treatment plant microbial communities detected via DAPI (4′,6′-diamidino-2- phenylindole) and tetracycline labeling

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 75, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 2111-2121

  Gunther S ^a   Trutnau, M ^b   Kleinsteuber, S ^a   Hause, G ^c   Bley, T ^b   Roske I ^b   Harms, H ^a   Muller S ^a  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^b DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCUMULIBACTER; BACTERIAL COMMUNITIES; CELL SIZES; CELL SORTING; CELLULAR LEVELS; DIVALENT CATIONS; DIVERSE COMMUNITIES; DNA CONTENTS; ENHANCED BIOLOGICAL PHOSPHORUS REMOVALS; GREEN FLUORESCENCES; MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES; PHOSPHATE REMOVALS; PHYLOGENETIC AFFILIATIONS; PHYLOTYPE; PHYLOTYPES; POLYPHOSPHATE; POLYPHOSPHATE-ACCUMULATING ORGANISMS; QUANTITATIVE DETECTIONS; STAINING TECHNIQUES; STATE-OF-THE-ART TECHNOLOGIES; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANTS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PROCESS;

BACTERIOLOGY; BIOLOGICAL WATER TREATMENT; CELL GROWTH; CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); DYNAMICS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE; GRANULATION; NUCLEIC ACIDS; PHOSPHORUS; SEWAGE PUMPING PLANTS; TOXICITY; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER RECLAMATION; WATER RECYCLING; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

4',6 DIAMIDINO 2 PHENYLINDOLE; CELL DNA; DIVALENT CATION; FLUORESCENT DYE; POLYPHOSPHATE; TETRACYCLINE;

ANTIBIOTICS; BACTERIUM; CATION; DETECTION METHOD; DNA; DYE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GROWTH RATE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; PHOSPHATE; PHYLOGENETICS; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CELL SELECTION; CELL SIZE; DNA CONTENT; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GRANULE CELL; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PSEUDOMONAS; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

BACTERIA; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENES, RRNA; INDOLES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLYPHOSPHATES; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; STAINING AND LABELING; TETRACYCLINE; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER PURIFICATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PSEUDOMONAS; TETRASPHAERA;

EID: 63849216934     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01540-08     Document Type: Article

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