Distribution of Nitrosomonas europaea and Nitrobacter winogradskyi in an autotrophic nitrifying biofilm reactor as depicted by molecular analyses and mathematical modelling

Water Research

Volumn 42, Issue 6-7, 2008, Pages 1700-1714

  Montràs, Anna ^a   Pycke, Benny ^b,c   Boon, Nico ^c   Gòdia, Francesc ^a   Mergeay, Max ^b   Hendrickx, Larissa ^b   Pérez, Julio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b BELGIAN NUCLEAR RESEARCH CENTRE   (Belgium)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Ammonium oxidation; AQUASIM; FISH; Juxta positioning; Model; Nitrite oxidation; Real time PCR

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NITRIFICATION; PACKED BEDS; REAL TIME SYSTEMS;

AMMONIUM OXIDATION; NITRITE OXIDATION; REAL-TIME PCR;

BIOFILMS;

BIOFILMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NITRIFICATION; PACKED BEDS; REAL TIME SYSTEMS;

AMMONIUM; BIOFILM; DETECTION METHOD; FLOW PATTERN; HYBRIDIZATION; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; NITRIFICATION; NITRIFYING BACTERIUM; NUMERICAL MODEL; ONE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SOFTWARE;

ARTICLE; BIOFILM; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NITRIFICATION; NITROBACTER; NITROBACTER WINOGRADSKYI; NITROSOMONAS EUROPAEA; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTOR; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

NITROBACTER WINOGRADSKYI; NITROSOMONAS EUROPAEA; NITROSOMONAS EUROPAEA ATCC 19718;

EID: 40749094872     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2007.10.025     Document Type: Article

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