Novel Nitrospira-like bacteria as dominant nitrite-oxidizers in biofilms from wastewater treatment plants: Diversity and in situ physiology

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 41, Issue 4-5, 2000, Pages 85-90

  Daims, H ^a   Nielsen, P H ^b   Nielsen, J L ^b   Juretschko, S ^a   Wagner, M ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Fluorescent in situ hybridization; Microautoradiography; Nitrification; Nitrite oxidation; Nitrospira

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIOLOGICAL WATER TREATMENT; BIOREACTORS; ECOLOGY; NITROGEN; OXIDATION; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; RNA; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MICROAUTORADIOGRAPHY; NITRITE OXIDATION; NITROSPIRA LIKE BACTERIA;

NITRIFICATION;

AUTORADIOGRAPHY; BIOFILM; CONFERENCE PAPER; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; NITROBACTER; NONHUMAN; RNA ANALYSIS; WASTE WATER; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NITROBACTER; NITROSPIRA;

EID: 0033930011     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2000.0430     Document Type: Conference Paper

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