Effects of environmental conditions on the nitrifying population dynamics in a pilot wastewater treatment plant

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 9, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 2220-2233

  Lydmark, Pär ^a   Almstrand, Robert ^a   Samuelsson, Kristina ^b   Mattsson, Ann ^c   Sörensson, Fred ^a   Lindgren, Per Eric ^b   Hermansson, Malte ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c Karl IX:s väg   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITRITE; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM DERIVATIVE; RNA 16S;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BIOFILM; CLASSIFICATION; ECOSYSTEM; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PILOT STUDY; SEWAGE;

BACTERIA; BIOFILMS; ECOSYSTEM; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NITRITES; PHYLOGENY; PILOT PROJECTS; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEWAGE; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NITROSOMONAS; NITROSOMONAS OLIGOTROPHA;

EID: 34547693008     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: 14622920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2007.01336.x     Document Type: Article

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