Evidence for bacteriophage activity causing community and performance changes in a phosphorus-removal activated sludge

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 631-642

  Barr, Jeremy J ^a,b   Slater, Frances R ^a   Fukushima, Toshikazu ^a,c   Bond, Philip L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b Environmental Biotechnology Cooperative Research Centre   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Accumulibacter; Activated sludge; Bacteriophage; EBPR; Phosphorus removal

Indexed keywords

PHOSPHORUS;

ABUNDANCE; ACTIVATED SLUDGE; BACTERIOPHAGE; BACTERIUM; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; BIOTECHNOLOGY; PHOSPHORUS; PROTEOMICS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; WASTE FACILITY; WASTEWATER;

ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE; BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; BIOREACTOR; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PROTEOMICS; SEWAGE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VIROLOGY;

BACTERIOPHAGES; BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; BIOREACTORS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; PHOSPHORUS; PROTEOMICS; SEWAGE; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID;

ACCUMULIBACTER PHOSPHATIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 78149390976     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: 15746941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2010.00967.x     Document Type: Article

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