The lysis of cells in order to extract the nucleic acids or proteins inside it is a crucial unit
operation in biomolecular analysis. This paper presents a critical evaluation of the various …

Summary 16S rRNA-targeted oligonucleotide probes for eubacteria (EUB338), ammonium-
oxidizing bacteria (Nsm156) and nitrite-oxidizing bacteria (Nb1000) were used for the rapid …

Nitrification is a two-step process where ammonia is first oxidized to nitrite by ammonia-
oxidizing bacteria and/or archaea, and subsequently to nitrate by nitrite-oxidizing bacteria …

Recently, aerobic granular sludge technology has been scaled-up and implemented for
industrial and municipal wastewater treatment under the trade name Nereda®. With full …

The frequent discrepancy between direct microscopic counts and numbers of culturable
bacteria from environmental samples is just one of several indications that we currently …

Half of the microbial cells in the Earth's oceans are found in sediments. Many of these cells
are members of the Archaea, single-celled prokaryotes in a domain of life separate from …

Emissions of methane, a potent greenhouse gas, from marine sediments are controlled by
anaerobic oxidation of methane coupled primarily to sulphate reduction (AOM). Sulphate …

The gastrointestinal tract of a normal fetus is sterile. During the birth process and rapidly
thereafter, microbes from the mother and surrounding environment colonize the …

Based on comparative analyses of 16S and 23S ribosomal RNA sequences we have
located sites specific for the alpha-, beta-, and gamma-subclasses of Proteobacteria. Short …

A combination of fluorescent rRNA‐targeted oligonucleotide probes (“phylogenetic stains”)
and flow cytometry was used for a high resolution automated analysis of mixed microbial …