Diversity of nitrifying bacteria in full-scale chloraminated distribution systems

Water Research

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 197-205

  Regan, John M ^a   Harrington, Gregory W ^b   Baribeau, Hélène ^c   Leon, Ricardo De ^d   Noguera, Daniel R ^b  

^a The Center for Nanotechnology Education and Utilization   (United States)

^b University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

^c CAROLLO ENGINEERS   (United States)

^d METROPOLITAN WATER DISTRICT OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ammonia oxidizing bacteria; Chloramination; Nitrification; Nitrite oxidizing bacteria; Nitrosomonas oligotropha; Nitrospira

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; BACTERIA; CLONING; ECOSYSTEMS; NITRIFICATION; OXIDATION;

FULL-SCALE CHLORAMINATED SYSTEMS;

HYDROLOGY;

AMMONIA; CHLORAMINE DERIVATIVE; NITRITE;

BACTERIUM; DRINKING WATER; NITRIFICATION;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE SEQUENCE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR CLONING; NITRIFICATION; NITROSOMONAS; NITROSOSPIRA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OXIDATION; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WATER TREATMENT;

NITROBACTER; NITROSOMONADALES; NITROSOMONAS; NITROSOMONAS OLIGOTROPHA; NITROSOSPIRA; NITROSPIRA; OLIGOTROPHA;

EID: 0037209949     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0043-1354(02)00237-3     Document Type: Article

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