Phylogenetic analysis of rhizosphere-associated β-subclass proteobacterial ammonia oxidizers in a municipal wastewater treatment plant based on rhizoremediation technology

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 34-38

  Abd El Haleem, D ^a,b   Von Wintzingerode, F ^a   Moter, A ^a   Moawad, H ^b   Gobel U B ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b Universities and Research centers District   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; BACTERIA; CLONING; NITROGEN REMOVAL; OLIGONUCLEOTIDES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECLAMATION; RNA; SEWAGE PUMPING PLANTS; SOILS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

AMMONIA OXIDIZERS; AMMONIA OXIDIZING BACTERIA; FIXED NITROGEN; HYBRIDISATION; MUNICIPAL WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS; PCR AMPLIFICATION; PCR CLONING; PHYLOGENETIC ANALYSIS; RHIZOREMEDIATION; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

PHYLOGENETIC;

AMMONIA; NITROGEN; RIBOSOME DNA; RNA 16S;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA HYBRIDIZATION; DNA LIBRARY; DNA SEQUENCE; GERMANY; MOLECULAR CLONING; NITROSOMONAS; NITROSOSPIRA; NONHUMAN; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBE; PHYLOGENY; PLANT ROOT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SOIL TREATMENT; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

NITROSOMONAS; NITROSOSPIRA;

EID: 0033925649     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1472-765x.2000.00760.x     Document Type: Article

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