Structure and function of a nitrifying biofilm as determined by in situ hybridization and the use of microelectrodes

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 62, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 4641-4647

  Schramm, Andreas ^a   Larsen, Lars Hauer ^b   Revsbech, Niels Peter ^b   Ramsing, Niels Birger ^b   Amann, Rudolf ^a   Schleifer, Karl Heinz ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; ION; NITRITE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; OXYGEN; RIBOSOME RNA; WATER;

ARTICLE; BIOFILM; BIOSENSOR; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MICROELECTRODE; NITRIFICATION; NITROBACTER; NITROSOMONAS; NONHUMAN; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBE; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

NITROBACTER; NITROSOMONAS;

BACTERIA; BIOFILM; NITRIFYING BIOFILM;

EID: 0029659250     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.62.12.4641-4647.1996     Document Type: Article

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