Aerobic nitrate respiration in a nitrite-oxidising bioreactor

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 184, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 113-118

  McDevitt, Christopher ^a   Burrell, Paul ^a   Blackall, Linda L ^a   McEwan, Alastair G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Heterotrophic bacteria; Nitrate respiration; Nitrite oxidation

Indexed keywords

NITRATE;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; BIOREACTOR; DNA SEQUENCE; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; GENE AMPLIFICATION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AEROBIOSIS; BACTERIA; BIOREACTORS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ELECTROPHORESIS; GENES, BACTERIAL; NITRATE REDUCTASE; NITRATE REDUCTASES; NITRATES; NITRITES; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; VARIATION (GENETICS);

PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0033977121     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(00)00030-6     Document Type: Article

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