Application of molecular biological techniques to a seasonal study of ammonia oxidation in a eutrophic freshwater lake

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 64, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 3674-3682

  Hastings, Richard C ^a   Saunders, Jon R ^a   Hall, Grahame H ^b   Pickup, Roger W ^b   McCarthy, Alan J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; FRESH WATER;

ARTICLE; LAKE; NITRIFICATION; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA PROBE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEWAGE TREATMENT; WATER ANALYSIS;

AMOA; NITROSOMONADALES; NITROSOMONAS EUROPAEA; NITROSOSPIRA;

EID: 0031680225     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.64.10.3674-3682.1998     Document Type: Article

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