The anammox case - A new experimental manifesto for microbiological eco-physiology

Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, International Journal of General and Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 81, Issue 1-4, 2002, Pages 693-702

  Strous, Marc ^a   Kuenen, J Gijs ^b   Fuerst, John A ^c   Wagner, M ^d   Jetten, Mike S M ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^d Technische Univerisät München   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anammox; Continuous cultivation; Density gradient centrifugation; Fluorescence in situ hybridization

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; METHANE;

AMMONIUM; BACTERIUM; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; OXIDATION;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BIOENGINEERING; BIOREACTOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DENSITY GRADIENT CENTRIFUGATION; ECOLOGICAL NICHE; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; ENRICHMENT CULTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL ENRICHMENT; EXPERIMENTATION; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROFLORA; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPARATION TECHNIQUE; SPECIES CULTIVATION; THERMODYNAMICS; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

BACTERIA, ANAEROBIC; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; BIOREACTORS; CULTURE MEDIA; ECOSYSTEM; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANDIDATUS; CANDIDATUS BROCADIA ANAMMOXIDANS; PLANCTOMYCETES;

EID: 0036419572     PISSN: 00036072     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1020590413079     Document Type: Article

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