Nitrospira community composition in nitrifying reactors operated with two different dissolved oxygen levels

Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1470-1474

  Park, Hee Deung ^a   Noguera, Daniel R ^b  

^a KOLON Engineering and Construction Co Ltd   (South Korea)

^b University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

Author keywords

Dissolved oxygen; Nitrification; Nitrite oxidizing bacteria; Nitrospira; Terminal restriction fragment length polymorphism (t RFLP)

Indexed keywords

DISSOLVED OXYGEN; NITRITE; RNA 16S;

ARTICLE; BIOREACTOR; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); GENE SEQUENCE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NITRIFICATION; NITRITE OXIDIZING BACTERIUM; NITROSPIRA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM;

BIOREACTORS; DNA, BACTERIAL; NITRITES; NITROSOMONADACEAE; OXYGEN; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

NITROSPIRA;

EID: 56749131424     PISSN: 10177825     EISSN: 17388872     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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