Effects of pH and oxygen and ammonium concentrations on the community structure of nitrifying bacteria from wastewater

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 64, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 3584-3590

  Prinčič, Alenka ^a,b,c   Mahne, Ivan ^a   Megušar, France ^a   Paul, Eldor A ^b   Tiedje, James M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; BACTERIA; DNA; DNA SEQUENCES; ECOSYSTEMS; ENZYMES; FATTY ACIDS; OXYGEN; PH; STATISTICAL METHODS; WASTEWATER;

AMMONIUM; NITRIFYING BACTERIA; NITROSOMONAS EUTROPHA; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RESTRICTION ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

ECOLOGY;

AMMONIA;

AMMONIUM; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; NITRIFYING BACTERIUM; OXYGEN; PH; WASTEWATER;

ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; NITRIFICATION; OXYGENATION; PH; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REACTOR; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; NITROSOMONAS EUROPAEA; NITROSOMONAS EUTROPHA; PROTEOBACTERIA;

EID: 1242347139     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.64.10.3584-3590.1998     Document Type: Article

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