Purple anoxygenic phototrophic bacteria distribution in Tunisian wastewater stabilisation plant exhibiting red water phenomenon

Annals of Microbiology

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 399-408

  Belila, Abdelaziz ^a   Gtari, Maher ^b   Ghrabi, Ahmed ^a   Hassen, Abdennaceur ^a  

^a University of Carthage   (Tunisia)

^b FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES DE TUNIS   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

PufM gene; Purple anoxygenic phototrophs; Stratification; T RFLP; Wastewater stabilisation ponds

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PHOTOBACTERIA;

EID: 77951784408     PISSN: 15904261     EISSN: 18692044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03175122     Document Type: Article

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