Construction of a highly bioluminescent Nitrosomonas as a probe for nitrification conditions

Archives of Microbiology

Volumn 172, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 45-50

  Ludwig, Claudia ^a   Ecker, Susanne ^b   Schwindel, Kerstin ^b   Rast, Hans Georg ^b   Stetter, Karl Otto ^a   Eberz, Günther ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^b BAYER AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ammonia oxidation; Bioluminescence; Conjugation; Nitrification inhibitor; Nitrosomonas

Indexed keywords

LUCIFERASE; NITRAPYRIN; THIOUREA DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; BIOLUMINESCENCE; CELL VIABILITY; DERIVATIZATION; DNA PROBE; GENE TRANSFER; MOLECULAR CLONING; NITRIFICATION; NITROSOMONAS; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

AMMONIUM CHLORIDE; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; CHEMILUMINESCENT MEASUREMENTS; CULTURE MEDIA; GENE TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; GENES, BACTERIAL; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LUCIFERASES; NITRITES; NITROSOMONAS; PICOLINES; THIOUREA; TRANSFECTION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; NITROSOMONAS; NITROSOMONAS SP.; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0033031856     PISSN: 03028933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002030050738     Document Type: Article

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