Substrate-dependent denitrification of abundant probe-defined denitrifying bacteria in activated sludge

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 447-461

  Morgan Sagastume, Fernando ^a,b   Nielsen, Jeppe Lund ^a   Nielsen, Per Halkjær ^a  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b ANOX   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Activated sludge FISH; Denitrification rates; Denitrifying bacteria; Microautoradiography

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; ALCOHOL; CARBON DIOXIDE; NITRATE; NITRITE; PYRUVIC ACID;

ABUNDANCE; ACETATE; ACTIVATED SLUDGE; BACTERIUM; CARBON DIOXIDE; DENITRIFICATION; NITRATE; NITRITE; PHYLOGENETICS; RADIOGRAPHY; SUBSTRATE;

ACCUMULIBACTER; ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; AQUASPIRILLUM; ARTICLE; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; AZOARCUS; CARBON DIOXIDE FIXATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENITRIFICATION; DENITRIFYING BACTERIUM; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THAUERA;

ACETATES; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; CARBON DIOXIDE; DNA PROBES; HETEROTROPHIC PROCESSES; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; NITRATES; NITRITES; PROTEOBACTERIA; SEWAGE; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; AQUASPIRILLUM; AZOARCUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; THAUERA;

EID: 53949123324     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: 15746941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2008.00571.x     Document Type: Article

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