A simple screening procedure for heterotrophic nitrifying bacteria with oxygen-tolerant denitrification activity

Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering

Volumn 95, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 409-411

  Matsuzaka, Emiko ^a   Nomura, Nobuhiko ^a   Nakajima Kambe, Toshiaki ^a   Okada, Norihisa ^a   Nakahara, Tadaatsu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Denitrification; Heterotrophic nitrifying bacteria; Nitrification

Indexed keywords

DENITRIFICATION; NITRIFICATION; OXYGEN;

HETEROTROPIC NITRIFYING BACTERIAS;

BACTERIA;

ACETAMIDE; CARBON; NITRITE; NITROGEN; OXYGEN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DENITRIFICATION; HETEROTROPHY; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NITRIFICATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; SCREENING; STRAIN IDENTIFICATION; TECHNIQUE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0038029434     PISSN: 13891723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1263/jbb.95.409     Document Type: Article

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