A quantitative measure of nitrifying bacterial growth

Water Research

Volumn 40, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1569-1576

  Pollard, Peter C ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bacterial; Biological nutrient removal; Dynamics of populations; Fixed film; Nitrification; Nitrifying; Thiourea

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; BACTERIOLOGY; DENITRIFICATION; GROWTH KINETICS; NITRATES; NITRIFICATION;

BACTERIAL; BIOLOGICAL NUTRIENT REMOVAL; DYNAMICS OF POPULATIONS; FIXED-FILM; GROWTH RATES [METHYL-3H] THYMIDINE; NITRIFYING; THIOUREA;

BACTERIA;

BACTERIAL DNA; THIOUREA; THYMIDINE;

AMMONIA; BACTERIA; BACTERIOLOGY; DENITRIFICATION; GROWTH KINETICS; NITRATES; NITRIFICATION;

AMMONIA; BACTERIUM; DENITRIFICATION; GROWTH RATE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; AMMONIFICATION; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; ISOTOPE LABELING; MICROFLORA; MOLECULAR PROBE; NITRIFICATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; VALIDATION PROCESS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 33646112919     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2006.02.021     Document Type: Article

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