Fate of 14C-labeled microbial products derived from nitrifying bacteria in autotrophic nitrifying biofilms

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 71, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 3987-3994

  Okabe, Satoshi ^a   Kindaichi, Tomonori ^b   Ito, Tsukasa ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOFILMS; BIOMASS; CARBON; CARBONATES; FLUORESCENCE; METABOLITES; NITRIFICATION; RADIOGRAPHY; WASTES;

AUTOTROPHIC NITRIFYING BIOFILMS; HETEROTROPHIC BACTERIA; MICROAUTORADIOGRAPHY; MICROBIAL PRODUCTS;

BACTERIA;

AMMONIA; CARBON 14; BACTERIAL DNA; CARBON; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM DERIVATIVE; RNA 16S; RNA 23S;

BIOFILM; CARBON ISOTOPE; NUTRIENT USE;

ARTICLE; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIOFILM; BIOMASS; CHLOROFLEXI; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGRADATION; ENERGY RESOURCE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LIQUID SCINTILLATION COUNTING; NITRIFICATION; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PROTEOBACTERIA; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; TRANSPORT KINETICS; BACTERIUM; CLASSIFICATION; CULTURE MEDIUM; ECOSYSTEM; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM;

BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; CHLOROFLEXI; CHLOROFLEXI (CLASS); CYTOPHAGA; FLAVOBACTERIUM;

AUTORADIOGRAPHY; BACTERIA; BIOFILMS; CARBON RADIOISOTOPES; CHLOROFLEXI; CULTURE MEDIA; DNA, BACTERIAL; ECOSYSTEM; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; PROTEOBACTERIA; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 23S;

EID: 22144472619     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.71.7.3987-3994.2005     Document Type: Article

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