Identification and activities in situ of Nitrosospira and Nitrospira spp. as dominant populations in a nitrifying fluidized bed reactor

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 64, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 3480-3485

  Schramm, Andreas ^a   De Beer, Dikk ^a   Wagner, Michael ^b   Amann, Rudolf ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; NITRIC OXIDE; OXYGEN; RIBOSOME RNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BIOREACTOR; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE CLUSTER; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR CLONING; NITRIFICATION; NITROSOSPIRA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NITROBACTER; NITROSOMAS; NITROSOMONAS; NITROSOSPIRA; NITROSPIRA; NITROSPIRA MOSCOVIENSIS; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0031684927     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.64.9.3480-3485.1998     Document Type: Article

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