The anaerobic oxidation of ammonium

FEMS Microbiology Reviews

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 421-437

  Jetten, Mike S M ^a   Strous, Marc ^a   Van De Pas Schoonen, Katinka T ^a   Schalk, Jos ^a   Van Dongen, Udo G J M ^a   Van De Graaf, Astrid A ^a   Logemann, Susanne ^a   Muyzer, Gerard ^b,c   Van Loosdrecht, Mark C M ^a   Kuenen, J Gijs ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^c ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Ammonium; Hydrazine; Hydroxylamine; Nitrite; Nitrogen removal; Nitrosomonas; Oxygen; Wastewater

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; HYDRAZINE; HYDROXYLAMINE; NITRITE; NITROGEN; OXYGEN;

NITROSOMONAS; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; REVIEW; WASTE WATER;

NITROSOMONAS; NITROSOMONAS EUTROPHA;

EID: 0032456726     PISSN: 01686445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-6445(98)00023-0     Document Type: Article

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