Physical enrichment of uncultured Accumulibacter and Nitrospira from activated sludge by unlabeled cell sorting technique

Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering

Volumn 122, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 475-481

  Irie, Kana ^a   Fujitani, Hirotsugu ^a   Tsuneda, Satoshi ^a  

^a WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Accumulibacter; Activated sludge; Aggregate; Cell sorter; Forward scatter; Microcolony; Nitrospira; Side scatter; Single cell

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS; AGGREGATES; BACTERIA; CELLS; CYTOLOGY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; MICROORGANISMS; NITROGEN REMOVAL; PHYSIOLOGY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RNA; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ACCUMULIBACTER; ACTIVATED SLUDGE; CELL SORTER; MICROCOLONY; NITROSPIRA; SINGLE CELLS;

FORWARD SCATTERING;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; CELL SELECTION; CHEMICAL BINDING; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NITROSPIRA; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; BACTERIUM; BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; CELL SEPARATION; CYTOLOGY; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PHOTON CORRELATION SPECTROSCOPY; PROCEDURES; SEWAGE; WASTE WATER;

RNA 16S; SEWAGE; WASTE WATER;

BACTERIA; BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; CELL SEPARATION; DYNAMIC LIGHT SCATTERING; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEWAGE; WASTE WATER;

EID: 84963555134     PISSN: 13891723     EISSN: 13474421     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiosc.2016.03.020     Document Type: Article

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