A comparative study of ammonia-oxidizing bacteria in lab-scale industrial wastewater treatment reactors

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 17-24

  Rowan, A K ^a   Moser, G ^b   Gray, N ^b   Snape, J R ^b   Fearnside, D ^c   Curtis, T P ^a   Barer, M R ^d   Head, I M ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b ASTRAZENECA   (United Kingdom)

^c Yorkshire Water   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Comparative analysis; Halophilic ammonia oxidising bacteria; Industrial waste; Lab scale reactors

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; BACTERIA; EFFLUENTS;

INDUSTRIAL WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

INDUSTRIAL WATER TREATMENT;

AMMONIA;

CLONING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; DOMESTIC WASTE; EFFLUENT; HALOPHILIC BACTERIUM; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; NITROSOMONAS; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; ARTICLE; BIOREACTOR; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; NITROSOMONADACEAE; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HALOPHILA; NITROSOCOCCUS; NITROSOCOCCUS MOBILIS; NITROSOMONADALES; NITROSOMONAS; NITROSOMONAS HALOPHILA; PROTEOBACTERIA;

AMMONIA; BIOREACTORS; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; NITROSOMONADACEAE; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

EID: 0141608161     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2003.0149     Document Type: Conference Paper

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