Structure and function of nitrifying biofilms as determined by molecular techniques and the use of microelectrodes

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 46, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 233-241

  Okabe, S ^a   Naitoh, H ^a   Satoh, H ^a   Watanabe, Y ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

16S rDNA cloning analysis; Fluorescent in situ hybridization (FISH); Microelectrodes; Nitrifying biofilm

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIOFILMS; CLONING; DNA; MICROELECTRODES; NITRIFICATION; WASTEWATER;

MOLECULAR TECHNIQUES;

HYDROLOGY;

AMMONIA; CARBON; NITRITE; NITROGEN; OXYGEN; RNA 16S;

BIOFILM; MICROELECTRONICS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; NITRIFICATION;

BIOFILM; CONFERENCE PAPER; CULTURE MEDIUM; DNA PROBE; DOMESTIC WASTE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MICROELECTRODE; MICROFLORA; MOLECULAR CLONING; NITRIFICATION; NITROSOMONAS; OXIDATION; PHYLOGENY; SENSOR; STEADY STATE; WASTE WATER; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; CHEMISTRY; ELECTRODE; GENETICS; METABOLISM; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEWAGE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; NITROSOMONAS; NITROSOMONAS EUROPAEA; NITROSOMONAS EUTROPHA; NITROSOMONAS UREAE;

AMMONIA; BACTERIA; BIOFILMS; ELECTRODES; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; NITROGEN; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID;

EID: 0036025195     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2002.0482     Document Type: Conference Paper

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