Metabolic profiles and genetic diversity of denitrifying communities in activated sludge after addition of methanol or ethanol

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 72, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 5445-5452

  Hallin, Sara ^a   Throbäck, Ingela Noredal ^a   Dicksved, Johan ^a   Pell, Mikael ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METABOLIC DIVERSITY; MUNICIPAL WASTEWATERS; NITRITE REDUCTASES; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

DENITRIFICATION; ETHANOL; METABOLISM; METHANOL; NITROGEN REMOVAL; SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANTS;

GENETIC ENGINEERING;

ACETIC ACID; ALCOHOL; BENZOIC ACID; BUTYRIC ACID; CARBON; FORMIC ACID; GENOMIC DNA; GLUCOSE; GLUTAMINE; GLYCEROL; METHANOL; ORGANIC COMPOUND; PROPIONIC ACID;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; BACTERIUM; BIOREMEDIATION; DENITRIFICATION; ETHANOL; GENETIC VARIATION; METABOLISM; METHANOL; NITROGEN COMPOUND; POLLUTION CONTROL; WASTEWATER; WATER POLLUTION; WATER TREATMENT;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; DENITRIFICATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MICROFLORA; NIRK GENE; NIRS GENE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, BACTERIAL; ECOSYSTEM; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; ETHANOL; GENE LIBRARY; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; METHANOL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NITRATES; NITRITE REDUCTASES; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEWAGE; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 33747363465     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00809-06     Document Type: Article

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