Agreement between amoA gene-specific quantitative PCR and fluorescence in situ hybridization in the measurement of ammonia-oxidizing bacteria in activated sludge

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 80, Issue 19, 2014, Pages 5901-5910

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Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; AMMONIA OXIDIZING BACTERIA; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; QUANTITATIVE PCR;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; AMMONIA; AMPLIFICATION; ASSAY; DNA; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; GENE; HYBRIDIZATION; MICROBIAL ECOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; WASTEWATER;

NITROSOMONADALES;

AMMONIA; AMMONIA MONOOXYGENASE; BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL RNA; OXIDOREDUCTASE; RNA 16S; SEWAGE;

BACTERIUM; BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENZYMOLOGY; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROCEDURES; SEWAGE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL;

AMMONIA; BACTERIA; BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; DNA, BACTERIAL; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; LINEAR MODELS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXIDOREDUCTASES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEWAGE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID;

EID: 84907020140     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01383-14     Document Type: Article

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