Competition and coexistence of aerobic ammonium- and nitrite-oxidizing bacteria at low oxygen concentrations

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 68, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 808-817

  Sliekers, A Olav ^a   Haaijer, Suzanne C M ^b   Stafsnes, Marit H ^c   Kuenen, J Gijs ^a   Jetten, Mike S M ^a,b  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^c NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; BIOREACTORS; ECOSYSTEMS; MICROSENSORS; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN OXIDES; OXIDATION; OXYGEN;

COEXISTENCE; INHIBITORY EFFECT; NITRITE-OXIDIZING BACTERIA;

BACTERIA;

AMMONIA; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRITE; NITROUS OXIDE;

AMMONIUM; BIOREACTOR; MODELING; NITRIFYING BACTERIUM; OXYGEN;

AEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL KINETICS; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIOREACTOR; BIOSENSOR; CHEMOSTAT; COCULTURE; CONTINUOUS FLOW REACTOR; ECOSYSTEM; NITRIFICATION; NITROSOMONAS; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; OXIDATION KINETICS; OXYGEN CONCENTRATION; RETENTOSTAT; SEQUENCING BATCH REACTOR;

AMMONIA; BACTERIA, AEROBIC; BIOMASS; BIOREACTORS; CULTURE MEDIA; KINETICS; NITRITES; NITROUS OXIDE; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXYGEN; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NITROSOMONAS;

EID: 27544432776     PISSN: 01757598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00253-005-1974-6     Document Type: Article

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