Influence of nutrient inputs, hexadecane, and temporal variations on denitrification and community composition of river biofilms

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 575-584

  Chenier M R ^a,b   Beaumier, D ^a   Fortin, N ^a   Roy, R ^a,d   Driscoll, B T ^b   Lawrence, J R ^c   Greer, C W ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; DENITRIFICATION; NITROGEN; NUTRITION; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS; RIVERS;

CONTAMINANT HEXADECANE; CYANOBACTERIA; DENITRIFICATION RATE; HETEROTROPHIC BIOFILM;

BIOFILMS;

ALIPHATIC HYDROCARBON; AMMONIUM CHLORIDE; CARBON; GLUCOSE; HEXADECANE; NITROGEN; NITROUS OXIDE; PHOSPHORUS; ALKANE; N-HEXADECANE; NITRITE;

AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; BACTERIUM; BIOFILM; BIOMASS; DENITRIFICATION; ECOSYSTEM; GREENHOUSE GAS; HYDROCARBON; NUTRIENT;

ALGA; ARTICLE; AUTUMN; BACTERIAL FLORA; BACTERIAL GENE; BIOFILM; BIOMASS; CANADA; DENITRIFICATION; GREENHOUSE GAS; NIRK GENE; NIRS GENE; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT; POLLUTANT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REACTOR; RIVER; ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; BIOREACTOR; CYANOBACTERIUM; ECOSYSTEM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; SASKATCHEWAN RIVER;

ALGAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CYANOBACTERIA;

ALGAE; ALKANES; AMMONIUM CHLORIDE; BACTERIA, ANAEROBIC; BIOFILMS; BIOMASS; BIOREACTORS; CYANOBACTERIA; ECOSYSTEM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GLUCOSE; NITRITES; PHOSPHORUS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RIVERS;

EID: 33644869536     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.72.1.575-584.2006     Document Type: Article

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