Molecular assessment of ammonia- and nitrite-oxidizing bacteria in full-scale activated sludge wastewater treatment plants

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 48, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 119-126

  Robinson, K G ^a   Dionisi, H M ^a   Harms, G ^a   Layton, A C ^a   Gregory, I R ^a   Sayler, G S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Activated sludge; Molecular analysis; Nitrification; Real time PCR

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; ASSAYS; BACTERIA; BIOMASS; CARBON; DNA; GENES; NITROGEN; SEWAGE SLUDGE; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

MOLECULAR METHODS;

NITRIFICATION;

AMMONIA; BACTERIAL DNA; CARBON; DNA 16S; NITRITE; NITROGEN;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; BACTERIUM; DOMESTIC WASTE; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; NITRIFICATION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; AEROBIC CAPACITY; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM; BIOASSAY; BIOMASS; BIOMASS PRODUCTION; CHEMISTRY; CITY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA CONTENT; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIAL BIOMASS; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NITRIFICATION; NITROSOSPIRA; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RECYCLING; SEWAGE; WASTE WATER; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT; WATER SAMPLING;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NITROSOMONADALES; NITROSOSPIRA; NITROSPIRA;

EID: 0348010673     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2003.0460     Document Type: Conference Paper

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