Isolation of Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus from a tropical wastewater treatment plant and predation of mixed species biofilms assembled by the native community members

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 18, Issue 11, 2016, Pages 3923-3931

  Feng, Shugeng ^a,c   Tan, Chuan Hao ^a   Cohen, Yehuda ^a   Rice, Scott A ^a,b  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^c NONE   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

WASTE WATER;

BDELLOVIBRIO BACTERIOVORUS; BIODIVERSITY; BIOFILM; BIOREMEDIATION; DEVICES; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; WASTE WATER; WATER MANAGEMENT;

BDELLOVIBRIO BACTERIOVORUS; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIODIVERSITY; BIOFILMS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; WASTE WATER; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 84994182532     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: 14622920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.13384     Document Type: Article

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