Nitrification in a biofilm at low pH values: Role of in situ microenvironments and acid tolerance

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 72, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 4283-4292

  Gieseke, Armin ^a   Tarre, Sheldon ^b   Green, Michal ^b   De Beer, Dirk ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACIDS; AMMONIA; FLUORESCENCE; MASS TRANSFER; NITRIFICATION; PH EFFECTS; RNA; SUBSTRATES; TOXICITY;

ACID TOLERANCE; MICROENVIRONMENTS; NITRIFIERS; NITROSOMONAS OLIGOTROPHA;

BIOFILMS;

ACID; AMMONIA; CARRIER PROTEIN; GLASS; MINERAL; NITRITE; RNA 16S;

ACID; BIOFILM; CHALK; NITRIFICATION; PH; TOLERANCE;

ACID TOLERANCE; ACIDITY; ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM; BINDING AFFINITY; BIOFILM; CLONE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE LIBRARY; MASS TRANSFER; MICROELECTRODE; MICROENVIRONMENT; NITRIFICATION; NITRIFYING BACTERIUM; NITROSOMONAS; NITROSOMONAS OLIGOTROPHA; NITROSPIRA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OXIDATION; PHYSICAL PHENOMENA; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE;

BIOFILMS; BIOSENSING TECHNIQUES; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; KINETICS; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NITROSOMONAS; PHYLOGENY; PROTEOBACTERIA;

NITROSOMONAS OLIGOTROPHA; NITROSPIRA;

EID: 33745170356     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00241-06     Document Type: Article

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