The effect of copper on the structure of the ammonia-oxidizing microbial community in an activated sludge wastewater treatment plant

Microbial Ecology

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 215-220

  Principi, Pamela ^a   Villa, Federica ^a   Giussani, Barbara ^b   Zanardini, Elisabetta ^b   Cappitelli, Francesca ^a   Sorlini, Claudia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; AMMONIA MONOOXYGENASE; BACTERIAL DNA; COPPER; OXIDOREDUCTASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BIOMASS; BIOREACTOR; DRUG EFFECT; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SEWAGE; TIME;

AMMONIA; BACTERIA; BIOMASS; BIOREACTORS; COPPER; DNA, BACTERIAL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OXIDOREDUCTASES; SEWAGE; TIME FACTORS; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NITROSOMONADALES;

EID: 59449087809     PISSN: 00953628     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00248-008-9432-5     Document Type: Article

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