Linking nitrifying biofilm structure and function through fluorescent in situ hybridization and evaluation of nitrification capacity

Water Environment Research

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 205-215

  Biesterfeld, Sidney ^a,d   Russell, Phil ^c   Figueroa, Linda ^b  

^a Integra Engineering   (United States)

^b Department of Geology and Geological Engineering   (United States)

^c Littleton/Englewood Wastewater Treatment Plant   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biofilm; FISH; Fluorescent in situ hybridization; Molecular probes; Nitrification; NTF; Trickling filter

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; CHEMICAL REACTORS; FILTERS (FOR FLUIDS); FLUORESCENCE; NITRIFICATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

AQUEOUS SAMPLES; BENCH-SCALE REACTORS; NITRIFYING BIOFILM STRUCTURE; NITRIFYING TRICKING FILTERS (NTF);

BIOFILMS;

AMMONIA; NITRATE; NITRITE; BACTERIAL DNA; NITROGEN;

BIOFILM; NITRIFICATION; TRICKLING FILTER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; BATCH REACTOR; BIOFILM; BIOFILTER; CALCULATION; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NITRIFICATION; NITROSOMONAS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WATER SAMPLING; BACTERIUM; BIOREACTOR; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION;

NITROSOMONADALES; NITROSOMONAS;

AMMONIA; BACTERIA; BIOFILMS; BIOREACTORS; DNA, BACTERIAL; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; NITROGEN; OXIDATION-REDUCTION;

EID: 0141559351     PISSN: 10614303     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2175/106143003X140980     Document Type: Article

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