Innovative biological approaches for monitoring and improving water quality

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 6, Issue JUL, 2015, Pages

  Aracic, Sanja ^a   Manna, Sam ^a   Petrovski, Steve ^a   Wiltshire, Jennifer L ^a   Mann, Gülay ^b   Franks, Ashley E ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b DEFENCE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bioremediation; Electromicrobiology; Phage therapy; Synthetic biology; Water quality; Water treatment

Indexed keywords

HEAVY METAL; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS;

ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; BIOREMEDIATION; BIOSENSOR; ELECTROACTIVE MICROORGANISM; EUTROPHICATION; LUMINESCENCE; MACROPHYTE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL FUEL CELL; NITRIFICATION; NONHUMAN; PHAGE THERAPY; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER POLLUTION INDICATOR; WATER QUALITY; WHOLE CELL MICROBIAL BIOSENSOR;

EID: 84938932625     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2015.00826     Document Type: Article

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