Nitrogen transformations and diversity of ammonia-oxidizing bacteria in a desert ephemeral stream receiving untreated wastewater

Microbial Ecology

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 46-58

  Angel, Roey ^a   Asaf, Lior ^b   Ronen, Zeev ^c   Nejidat, Ali ^c  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR TERRESTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b THAL Group   (Israel)

^c BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; NITROGEN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BIODIVERSITY; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; DESERT CLIMATE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EUTROPHICATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PHYLOGENY; RIVER; SEDIMENT; WATER POLLUTANT;

AMMONIA; BACTERIA; BIODIVERSITY; BIOTRANSFORMATION; DESERT CLIMATE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EUTROPHICATION; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; NITROGEN; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PHYLOGENY; RIVERS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NITROSOMONADALES; NITROSOMONAS; NITROSOSPIRA;

EID: 74149085078     PISSN: 00953628     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00248-009-9555-3     Document Type: Article

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