Functional robustness and gene pools of a wastewater nitrification reactor: Comparison of dispersed and intact biofilms when stressed by low oxygen and low pH

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 167-180

  Mao, Yuejian ^a,b   Bakken, Lars R ^a   Zhao, Liping ^b   Frostegård, Åsa ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

amoA; Biofilm; Denitrification; Nitrification; Wastewater treatment

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OXYGEN;

ABUNDANCE; ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BIOFILM; BIOREACTOR; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DENITRIFICATION; GENETIC STRUCTURE; NITRIFICATION; NITRIFYING BACTERIUM; OXYGEN; PH; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REACTION RATE; RNA; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

BIOFILM; CONFERENCE PAPER; MOLECULAR CLONING; NITRIFICATION; NITROSOMONAS; NITROSOSPIRA; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; WASTE WATER; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

AMMONIA; BIOFILMS; BIOREACTORS; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENE LIBRARY; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENES, RRNA; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NITRATES; NITRITES; NITROGEN; NITROGEN OXIDES; NITROSOMONAS; OXYGEN; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

ARCHAEA; NITROSOMONADALES; NITROSOMONAS; NITROSOSPIRA;

EID: 51649123815     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: 15746941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2008.00532.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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