Nitrite-oxidizing bacteria guild ecology associated with nitrification failure in a continuous-flow reactor

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 195-201

  Knapp, Charles W ^a,b   Graham, David W ^a,b  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b University of Kansas   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioreactor; Nitrification; Nitrite oxidation; Nitrobacter; Nitrospira; Real time PCR

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; METAL; NITRITE;

ABUNDANCE; ECOLOGY; GUILD; NITRIFICATION; NITRIFYING BACTERIUM; OXIDATION;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL FLORA; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CHEMOSTAT; DILUTION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NITRIFICATION; NITRITE OXIDIZING BACTERIUM; NITROSPIRA; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION KINETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTOR;

BIOREACTORS; DNA, BACTERIAL; NITRITES; NITROBACTER; NITROSOMONAS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

NITROBACTER; NITROSOMONADALES; NITROSPIRA;

EID: 35348938532     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: 15746941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2007.00380.x     Document Type: Article

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