Effects of specific inhibitors on anammox and denitrification in marine sediments

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 73, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 3151-3158

  Jensen, Marlene Mark ^a   Thamdrup, Bo ^a   Dalsgaard, Tage ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFERENTIAL EFFECTS; MARINE SEDIMENTS; METABOLIC INHIBITORS; NITROUS OXIDE;

ACETYLENE; BACTERIA; BIOREACTORS; DENITRIFICATION; ISOTOPES; METHANOL; OXIDATION; SEDIMENTS;

MICROBIOLOGY;

ACETYLENE; AMMONIA; METHANOL; NITRITE; NITROGEN 15; NITROUS OXIDE; THIOUREA;

ACETYLENE; AMMONIUM; ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BACTERIUM; BIOREACTOR; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DENITRIFICATION; INHIBITOR; MARINE SEDIMENT; METHANOL; OXIDATION; REDUCTION; WASTEWATER;

ARTICLE; BIOREACTOR; DENITRIFICATION; INCUBATION TIME; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN CYCLING; OXIDATION; REDUCTION; SEDIMENT; STOICHIOMETRY; WASTE WATER;

ACETYLENE; ANAEROBIOSIS; BACTERIA; ENZYME INHIBITORS; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; METHANOL; NITRITES; NITROGEN; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; NITROUS OXIDE; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; THIOUREA;

EID: 34249752135     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01898-06     Document Type: Article

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