Ammonia-oxidizing archaea involved in nitrogen removal

Water Research

Volumn 43, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1801-1809

  You, Jia ^a   Das, Atreyee ^a   Dolan, Elizabeth M ^b   Hu, Zhiqiang ^a  

^a University of Missouri   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Ammonia oxidation; Ammonia oxidizing archaea; Ammonia oxidizing bacteria; Nitrogen cycle; Nutrient removal

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS; BACTERIA; NITROGEN REMOVAL; OXIDATION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

AMMONIA OXIDATION; AMMONIA OXIDIZING BACTERIA; AMMONIA-OXIDIZING ARCHAEA; NITROGEN CYCLES; NUTRIENT REMOVAL;

AMMONIA;

FRESH WATER; SEA WATER;

ABUNDANCE; ACTIVATED SLUDGE; AMMONIA; BIOENGINEERING; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; NITROGEN CYCLE; OXIDATION; PHYSIOLOGY; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; PROKARYOTE; THERMAL SPRING; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; AMMONIA OXIDIZING ARCHAEA; AMMONIA OXIDIZING BACTERIA; ARCHAEBACTERIUM; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; CRENARCHAEOTA; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; DENITRIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ESTUARY; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; GROWTH RATE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN CYCLING; NITROSOMONAS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOIL; SPECIES HABITAT; THERMAL SPRING; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY; WETLAND;

ARCHAEA; CANDIDATUS NITROSOPUMILUS MARITIMUS; CRENARCHAEOTA; NITROSOMONADALES;

EID: 63449086061     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2009.01.016     Document Type: Review

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