Nitrification in the Schelde estuary: Methodological aspects and factors influencing its activity

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 99-107

  De Bie, Monique J M ^a   Starink, Mathieu ^a   Boschker, Henricus T S ^a   Peene, Jan J ^a   Laanbroek, Hendrikus J ^a  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Ammonium concentration; Estuary; Nitrification; Nitrification inhibitor; Polar lipid derived fatty acid

Indexed keywords

ACETYLENE; ALLYL SULFIDE; AMINO ACID; AMMONIA; BICARBONATE; CARBON 14; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; FLUOROMETHANE; FRESH WATER; LIPID;

CHEMOAUTOTROPHY; ESTUARY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NITRIFICATION; NITRIFYING BACTERIUM;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL FLORA; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BELGIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTUARY; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NETHERLANDS; NITRIFICATION; NITROSOMONAS; NITROSOMONAS EUROPEA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLE; TECHNIQUE;

EUROPE;

NITROSOMONAS; NITROSOMONAS EUROPAEA;

EID: 0036805425     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-6496(02)00325-2     Document Type: Article

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