Autotrophic growth of anaerobic ammonium-oxidizing micro-organisms in a fluidized bed reactor

Microbiology

Volumn 142, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 2187-2196

  Van De Graaf, Astrid A ^a,b   De Bruijn, Peter ^a   Robertson, Lesley A ^a   Jetten, Mike S M ^a   Kuenen, J Gijs ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b IMPULS Science and Technology Center   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Ammonium; Denitrification; Dinitrogen gas; Nitrification; Nitrite

Indexed keywords

ACETYLENE; AMMONIA; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBONIC ACID; CYTOCHROME; HYDROXYLAMINE; NITRATE; NITRITE; NITROGEN; OXYGEN; PHOSPHATE;

ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BIOMASS; CELL STRUCTURE; COLOR; CULTURE MEDIUM; FLUIDIZED BED; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0029820117     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/13500872-142-8-2187     Document Type: Article

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