Filamentous bacterium Eikelboom Type 0092 in activated sludge plants in Australia is a member of the phylum chloroflexi

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 75, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 2446-2452

  Speirs, Lachlan ^a   Nittami, Tadashi ^a   McIlroy, Simon ^a   Schroeder, Sarah ^a   Seviour, Robert J ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

16S RRNA SEQUENCES; ACTIVATED SLUDGE PLANTS; AUSTRALIA; EASTERN AUSTRALIA; FILAMENTOUS BACTERIUM; FISH SURVEYS; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATIONS; MOLECULAR DATUM; PHOSPHATE REMOVALS; POLYPHOSPHATE; TREATMENT PLANTS;

BIOACTIVITY; FILAMENTS (LAMP); FISH; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; PROBES;

MEATS;

ALKANE DERIVATIVE; DNA 16S; PHOSPHATE; POLYPHOSPHATE;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; BACTERIUM; PLANT COMMUNITY;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CELL AGGREGATION; CHLOROFLEXI; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR PROBE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLUM; PLANT COMMUNITY; RIBOSOME; RNA SEQUENCE; SPECIES COMPOSITION;

AUSTRALIA; CHLOROFLEXI; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; GENES, RRNA; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; SEWAGE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHLOROFLEXI; CHLOROFLEXI (CLASS);

EID: 64749108521     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02310-08     Document Type: Article

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