Enrichment of dense nitrifying bacterial communities in membrane-coupled bioreactors

Process Biochemistry

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 33-41

  Chen, Ruoyu D ^a   LaPara, Timothy M ^a  

^a University of Minnesota   (United States)

Author keywords

Ammonia oxidation; Community analysis; MBR; Nitrification; Nitrite oxidation; PCR DGGE

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; BACTERIA; BIOLOGICAL MEMBRANES; BIOMASS; CELL CULTURE; DENATURATION; ELECTROPHORESIS; NITRIFICATION; OXIDATION;

AMMONIA OXIDATION; COMMUNITY ANALYSIS; NITRITE OXIDATION;

BIOREACTORS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NITROBACTER; NITROBACTER SP.; NITROSOMONAS; NITROSOMONAS SP.; NITROSOSPIRA;

EID: 37149044496     PISSN: 13595113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.procbio.2007.10.005     Document Type: Article

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