Cyanobacteria and bacteria co-occurrence in a wastewater treatment plant: Absence of allelopathic effects

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 62, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1954-1962

  Martins, Joana ^a,b   Peixe, Luísa ^a   Vasconcelos, Vítor ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Allelopathy; Bacteria; Cyanobacteria; Cyanotoxins; Wastewater

Indexed keywords

ALLELOPATHIC EFFECTS; ALLELOPATHY; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BIOLOGICAL TREATMENT; CO-OCCURRENCE; CYANOBACTERIA; CYANOTOXINS; CYLINDROSPERMOPSIN; ELISA ASSAY; ENVIRONMENTAL SAMPLE; ISOLATED STRAINS; MICROCYSTINS; NODULARIN; PHORMIDIUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION TECHNIQUES; PORTUGAL; SYNECHOCYSTIS SP; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS; WATER SAMPLES;

BACTERIA; BACTERIOLOGY; BIOCHEMICAL ENGINEERING; BIOCHEMISTRY; GENES; SEWAGE PUMPING PLANTS; TOXICITY; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

CYLINDROSPERMOPSIN; MICROCYSTIN; NODULARIN;

ALLELOPATHY; BACTERIUM; CYANOBACTERIUM; GENETIC ANALYSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; WASTE FACILITY; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER;

ALLELOPATHY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIOSYNTHESIS; CYANOBACTERIUM; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; LIMNOTRIX; NONHUMAN; PHORMIDIUM AUTUMNALE; PLANKTOTHRIX MOUGEOTII; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PORTUGAL; SYNECHOCYSTIS; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT; WATER SAMPLING;

ALLELES; BACTERIAL TOXINS; CYANOBACTERIA; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; MARINE TOXINS; MICROCYSTINS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEASONS; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER PURIFICATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CYANOBACTERIA; PHORMIDIUM AUTUMNALE; PLANKTOTHRIX MOUGEOTII; PROKARYOTA; SYNECHOCYSTIS SP.;

EID: 78751480693     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2010.551     Document Type: Article

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