Nitrous oxide production by Alcaligenes faecalis under transient and dynamic aerobic and anaerobic conditions

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 62, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 2421-2426

  Otte, Sandra ^a   Grobben, Nicole G ^a   Robertson, Lesley A ^a   Jetten, Mike S M ^a   Kuenen, J Gijs ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITROUS OXIDE;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; AEROBIC METABOLISM; ALCALIGENES FAECALIS; ANAEROBIC METABOLISM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; DENITRIFICATION; EFFLUENT; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME INHIBITION; NONHUMAN; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

ALCALIGENES FAECALIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0029982865     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.62.7.2421-2426.1996     Document Type: Article

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