Assessment of changes in microbial community structure during operation of an ammonia biofilter with molecular tools

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 64, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 4877-4882

  Sakano, Y ^a   Kerkhof, L ^a,b  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA;

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMMONIA FORMATION; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BIOFILTRATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; NITROSOMONAS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMOA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; NITROSOMONADALES; NITROSOMONAS; NITROSOSPIRA; PROTEOBACTERIA;

EID: 0031736055     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.64.12.4877-4882.1998     Document Type: Article

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