A new species of the genus metacystis (Ciliophora, Prostomatida, Metacystidae) from a wastewater treatment plant

Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 362-368

  Arregui, Lucía ^a   PÉrez Uz, Blanca ^a   Zornoza, Andrés ^b   Serrano, Susana ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b Grupo Aguas de Valencia   (Spain)

Author keywords

Activated sludge; high conductivity habitat; protist

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; BIOREACTOR; CILIATE; CONDUCTIVITY; DOMINANCE; MORPHOLOGY; NEW SPECIES; TYPE SPECIMEN; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; CILIATE; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY; SEWAGE; SPAIN; WATER MANAGEMENT; ANALYSIS;

CILIOPHORA; SEWAGE; SPAIN; WATER PURIFICATION;

COMUNIDAD VALENCIA; SPAIN;

CILIOPHORA; LORICA; METACYSTIDAE; METACYSTIS; PROSTOMATIDA; PROTISTA;

SEWAGE;

EID: 77954613207     PISSN: 10665234     EISSN: 15507408     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1550-7408.2010.00484.x     Document Type: Article

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