Estimation of nitrifying bacterial activities by measuring oxygen uptake in the presence of the metabolic inhibitors allylthiourea and azide

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 64, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 2266-2268

  Ginestet, Philippe ^a   Audic, Jean Marc ^a,c   Urbain, Vincent ^a   Block, Jean Claude ^b  

^a Ctr Intl Rech Sur l'Eau l'E   (France)

^b Laboratoire de Chimie Physique et Microbiologie pour l'Environnement   (France)

^c Lyonnaise des Eaux   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLYLTHIOUREA; AZIDE; THIOUREA DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; NITRIFICATION; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; SPIROMETRY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0031747417     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.64.6.2266-2268.1998     Document Type: Article

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