Impact of seasonal variations and nutrient inputs on nitrogen cycling and degradation of hexadecane by replicated river biofilms

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 69, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 5170-5177

  Chénier, Martin R ^a,b   Beaumier, Danielle ^a   Roy, Réal ^c   Driscoll, Brian T ^b   Lawrence, John R ^d   Greer, Charles W ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^d ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOFILMS; BIOREACTORS; COMPOSITION; DENITRIFICATION; NITRIFICATION;

MINERALIZATION;

MICROBIOLOGY;

CARBON; HEXADECANE; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS;

BIODEGRADATION; BIOFILM; HYDROCARBON; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT CYCLING; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; SEASONAL VARIATION;

ALKB GENE; ARTICLE; AUTUMN; BACTERIAL GENE; BIOFILM; BIOFILM REACTOR; CANADA; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGRADATION; DENITRIFICATION; MICROBIAL BIOMASS; MINERALIZATION; NIRK GENE; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN CYCLING; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; NUTRIENT CONCENTRATION; PHOTOTROPHIC BACTERIUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RIVER; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPRING; SUMMER; WINTER;

ALKANES; BACTERIA; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIOFILMS; BIOMASS; FRESH WATER; KINETICS; NITROGEN; SASKATCHEWAN; SEASONS; TIME FACTORS;

CANADA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PHOTOBACTERIA;

EID: 0141593674     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.69.9.5170-5177.2003     Document Type: Article

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