The impact of organic carbon and ammonia load in wastewater on ammonia-oxidizing bacteria community in activated sludge

Polish Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 241-248

  Cydzik Kwiatkowska, Agnieszka ^a   Wojnowska Baryła, Irena ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARMIA AND MAZURY IN OLSZTYN   (Poland)

Author keywords

Ammonia oxidizing bacteria; Microbial diversity; PCR RFLP; SBR

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; AMMONIA; AMOA PROTEIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CARBONIC ACID; ORGANIC CARBON; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ARTICLE; AUTOTROPH; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL POPULATION DYNAMICS; NITRIFICATION; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SLUDGE BLANKET REACTOR; SPECIES COMPOSITION; WASTE WATER;

AMMONIA; BACTERIA; BIOREACTORS; CARBON; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; SEWAGE;

NITROSOMONADALES;

EID: 55049119946     PISSN: 17331331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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