Ammonia-oxidizing bacteria and archaea in groundwater treatment and drinking water distribution systems

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 75, Issue 14, 2009, Pages 4687-4695

  Van Der Wielen, Paul W J J ^a   Voost, Stefan ^a   Van Der Kooij, Dick ^a  

^a KWR WATERCYCLE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AMMONIA OXIDIZING BACTERIA; AMMONIA REMOVAL; AMMONIUM REMOVAL; ANOXIC GROUNDWATER; ARCHAEA; BIOLOGICAL FILTRATION; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS; DRINKING WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM; GROUNDWATER TREATMENT; NEGATIVE CORRELATION; QUANTITATIVE REAL TIME PCR; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; BACTERIA; BACTERIOLOGY; BIOFILTRATION; BIOMASS; CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); DISSOLUTION; GROUNDWATER; HYDROGEOLOGY; LOCAL AREA NETWORKS; LOCOMOTIVES; ORGANIC CARBON; POTABLE WATER; RAILROAD CARS; REAL TIME SYSTEMS; WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS; WATER SUPPLY;

AMMONIA;

AMMONIA; DRINKING WATER; GROUND WATER;

AMMONIA; BIODEGRADATION; BIOMASS; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM; DRINKING WATER; FILTRATION; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROKARYOTE; WATER TREATMENT;

ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BIOFILTRATION; BIOMASS; FLUID INTAKE; MICROORGANISM; NONHUMAN; PROKARYOTE; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; WATER SUPPLY; WATER TREATMENT;

AMMONIA; ARCHAEA; ARCHAEAL PROTEINS; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA, ARCHAEAL; DNA, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

NITROSOMONADALES; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 67650492058     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00387-09     Document Type: Article

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