Filamentous members of cluster III Defluviicoccus have the in situ phenotype expected of a glycogen-accumulating organism in activated sludge

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 248-256

  McIlroy, Simon J ^a   Nittami, Tadashi ^a,b   Seviour, Elizabeth M ^a   Seviour, Robert J ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b YOKOHAMA NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

activated sludge; bulking; Candidatus Monilibacter batavus; Defluviicoccus; FISH MAR; Nostocoida limicola

Indexed keywords

GLYCOGEN; POLYHYDROXYALKANOIC ACID; VOLATILE FATTY ACID;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; BACTERIUM; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; ESTER; FATTY ACID; GLUCOSE; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; LABORATORY METHOD; MORPHOTYPE; PHENOTYPE; PHOSPHATE;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; RHODOSPIRILLACEAE; SEWAGE;

FATTY ACIDS, VOLATILE; GLYCOGEN; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; PHENOTYPE; POLYHYDROXYALKANOATES; RHODOSPIRILLACEAE; SEWAGE; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID;

CANDIDATUS MONILIBACTER BATAVUS; NOSTOCOIDA LIMICOLA;

EID: 77956511857     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: 15746941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2010.00934.x     Document Type: Article

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