Diversity study of nitrifying bacteria in full-scale municipal wastewater treatment plants

Water Research

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1110-1120

  Siripong, Slil ^a   Rittmann, Bruce E ^b  

^a Northwestern University   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Activated sludge; Diversity; Functional redundancy; Nitrifiers; T RFLP

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; GENES; NITRIFICATION; OXIDATION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

NITRIFIERS; SOLIDS RETENTION TIME (SRT);

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS;

RNA 16S;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS; BACTERIA; GENES; NITRIFICATION; OXIDATION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NITRIFYING BACTERIUM; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL FLORA; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIUM CULTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL RECLAMATION; FUNCTIONAL GENOMICS; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; NITRIFICATION; NITRIFYING BACTERIUM; NITRITE OXIDIZING BACTERIUM; NITROBACTER; NITROSOMONAS; NITROSOMONAS EUROPAEA; NITROSOSPIRA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REDUNDANCY ANALYSIS; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SUMMER; UNITED STATES; WASTE WATER; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT; WATER TEMPERATURE; WINTER;

CHICAGO; ILLINOIS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NITROBACTER; NITROSOMONADALES; NITROSOMONAS; NITROSOMONAS COMMUNIS; NITROSOMONAS OLIGOTROPHA; NITROSOSPIRA; NITROSPIRA;

AMMONIA; BIODIVERSITY; NITROBACTER; NITROSOMONADACEAE; OXIDOREDUCTASES; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEASONS; SEWAGE; TEMPERATURE; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID;

EID: 33846820191     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2006.11.050     Document Type: Article

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