Competition between ammonia-oxidizing bacteria and benthic microalgae

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 70, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 5528-5537

  Risgaard Petersen, Nils ^a,c   Nicolaisen, Mette H ^b,d   Revsbech, Niels Peter ^b   Lomstein, Bente Aa ^b  

^a Department of Inland Fisheries   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; AMMONIA; CELLS; ELECTROPHORESIS; GENES; NITRIFICATION; RNA; SEDIMENTS;

AMMONIA-OXIDIZING BACTERIA (AOB); D-AMINO ACIDS; MICROALGAE; MICROCOSM;

BACTERIA;

AMMONIA; NITRIC OXIDE; NITROGEN; OXYGEN;

MICROBIOLOGY;

ALGA; AMMONIA FORMATION; AMMONIA OXIDIZING BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM; BENTHOS; BINDING COMPETITION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; MICROCOSM; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NITRIFICATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEDIMENT; STARVATION; SURVIVAL;

ALGAE; AMMONIA; BACTERIA; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; ENVIRONMENT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NITROGEN OXIDES; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYLOGENY;

ALGAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; NITROSOMONADALES;

EID: 4644329468     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.70.9.5528-5537.2004     Document Type: Article

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