Isolation and molecular characterization of biofouling bacteria and profiling of quorum sensing signal molecules from membrane bioreactor activated sludge

International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 2255-2273

  Lade, Harshad ^a   Paul, Diby ^a   Kweon, Ji Hyang ^a  

^a Konkuk University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

galactosidase assay; Activated sludge; Biofilm formation; Isolation of bacteria; Membrane bioreactor; Quorum sensing signals; Violacein assay

Indexed keywords

GAMMA BUTYROLACTONE DERIVATIVE; SEWAGE;

BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; BIOFILM; BIOFOULING; BIOREACTOR; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; QUORUM SENSING; SEWAGE;

ACYL-BUTYROLACTONES; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; BIOFILMS; BIOFOULING; BIOREACTORS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; QUORUM SENSING; SEWAGE;

EID: 84893680398     PISSN: 16616596     EISSN: 14220067     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijms15022255     Document Type: Article

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