Characterization of two ammonia-oxidizing bacteria isolated from reactors operated with low dissolved oxygen concentrations

Journal of Applied Microbiology

Volumn 102, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1401-1417

  Park, H D ^a,c   Noguera, D R ^a,b  

^a Wisconsin Electric Machines and Power Electronics Consortium   (United States)

^b Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering ^*  (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ammonia oxidizing bacteria; Isolation; Nitrosomonas europaea; Nitrosomonas oligotropha

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; ITERATIVE METHODS;

AMMONIA OXIDIZING BACTERIA; BACTERIAL STRAINS; DECAY CONSTANTS; DISSOLVED OXYGEN CONCENTRATIONS; HIGH AFFINITY; ISOLATION; LOW DISSOLVED OXYGEN; NITROSOMONAS; NITROSOMONAS EUROPAEA; NITROSOMONAS OLIGOTROPHUM;

AMMONIA;

AMMONIA; DISSOLVED OXYGEN;

AMMONIA; BACTERIUM; BIOREACTOR; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISSOLVED OXYGEN; ISOLATION EFFECT; KINETICS; OXIDATION;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BIOREACTOR; CHEMOSTAT; COCULTURE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ECOLOGY; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NITROSOMONAS; NITROSOMONAS EUROPAEA; NITROSOMONAS OLIGOTROPHA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OXYGEN AFFINITY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NITROSOMONADALES; NITROSOMONAS EUROPAEA; NITROSOMONAS OLIGOTROPHA;

EID: 34247391036     PISSN: 13645072     EISSN: 13652672     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2672.2006.03176.x     Document Type: Article

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