Fluidized-bed enrichment of marine ammonia-to-nitrite oxidizers and their ability to degrade chloroaliphatics

International Biodeterioration and Biodegradation

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 9-18

  Melin, Esa S ^a,b   Puhakka, Jaakko A ^a,b   Strand, Stuart E ^a   Rockne, Karl J ^a   Ferguson, John F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; NITROSOCOCCUS OCEANI; NITROSOMONADALES; NITROSOMONAS;

BACTERIA; BIOASSAY; BIODEGRADATION; CATALYSIS; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; COMPOSITION EFFECTS; DNA; FLUIDIZED BEDS; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; OXIDATION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ALLYLTHIOUREA; AMMONIA MONOOXYGENASE INHIBITOR; AMMONIA OXIDIZING BACTERIA; AUTOTROPHIC AMMONIUM OXIDIZERS; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE ASSAY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION (PCR); TRICHLOROETHANE;

MARINE POLLUTION;

EID: 0030182415     PISSN: 09648305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0964-8305(96)00004-2     Document Type: Article

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