Comparative analysis of nitrifying bacteria associated with freshwater and marine aquaria

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 62, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 2888-2896

  A hovanec, Timothy ^a,b   Dnlong, Edward F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Aquaria Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; FRESH WATER; NITRITE; RIBOSOME RNA; SEA WATER;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BIOFILTER; NITRIFICATION; NITROSOMONAS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID PROBE;

AQUARIUM; BACTERIA; FRESHWATER; MARINE; NITRIFICATION;

NITROSOMONAS EUROPAEA; PROTEOBACTERIA;

EID: 0029669586     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.62.8.2888-2896.1996     Document Type: Article

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