Nitrospira-like bacteria associated with nitrite oxidation in freshwater aquaria

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 258-264

  Hovanec, Timothy A ^a,b   Taylor, Lance T ^a,c   Blakis, Andrew ^a   Delong, Edward F ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Aquaria Inc   (United States)

^c MONTEREY BAY AQUARIUM RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRESH WATER; NITRITE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; NITROBACTER; NITROGEN METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION;

ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NITROBACTER; NITROBACTER WINOGRADSKYI; NITROSPIRA; NITROSPIRA MARINA; NITROSPIRA MOSCOVIENSIS; PROTEOBACTERIA;

EID: 0031975148     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.64.1.258-264.1998     Document Type: Article

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