Diversity of nitrifying bacteria in a full-scale petroleum refinery wastewater treatment plant experiencing unstable nitrification

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 181, Issue 1-3, 2010, Pages 281-288

  Figuerola, Eva L M ^a   Erijman, Leonardo ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES EN INGENIERÍA GENÉTICA Y BIOLOGÍA MOLECULAR   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Activated sludge; Ammonia oxidizing bacteria; Nitrification; Nitrobacter; Phenol

Indexed keywords

16S RRNA GENE; ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ACTIVATED SLUDGE PLANTS; AMMONIA OXIDATION; AMMONIA OXIDIZING BACTERIA; BACTERIAL POPULATION; CLONE LIBRARY; COMPETITIVE INHIBITION; MONOOXYGENASES; NITRIFYING BACTERIA; NITRITE ACCUMULATION; NITRITE-OXIDIZING BACTERIA; NITROBACTER; NITROSOMONAS; NITROSOMONAS EUROPAEA; NITROSPIRA; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCES; OPERATIONAL TAXONOMIC UNITS; PHENOL CONCENTRATION; RISK OF FAILURE; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

AMMONIA; BACTERIA; BACTERIOLOGY; BIOACTIVITY; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CLONING; DENITRIFICATION; NITRATION; OXIDATION; PETROLEUM REFINERIES; PHENOLS; REFINING; RNA; SEWAGE PUMPING PLANTS; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER RECLAMATION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

NITRIFICATION;

AMMONIA; DNA; NITRITE; PETROLEUM; PHENOL; RNA 16S; UNSPECIFIC MONOOXYGENASE; AMMONIA MONOOXYGENASE; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; OXIDOREDUCTASE; WATER POLLUTANT;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; DISTURBANCE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; INHIBITION; NITRIFICATION; NITRIFYING BACTERIUM; OXIDATION; PETROLEUM; PHENOL; REFINING INDUSTRY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TAXONOMY; WASTE FACILITY; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

AMMONIA OXIDIZING BACTERIA; ARTICLE; DNA EXTRACTION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE TARGETING; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MOLECULAR CLONING; NITRIFICATION; NITRIFYING BACTERIUM; NITRITE OXIDIZING BACTERIUM; NITROBACTER; NITROSOMONAS EUROPAEA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OXIDATION; PETROCHEMICAL INDUSTRY; PHYLOGENY; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SLUDGE; TAXONOMY; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; BACTERIA; BIOREMEDIATION; GENETICS; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTANT;

AMMONIA; BACTERIA; BASE SEQUENCE; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; NITRITES; OXIDOREDUCTASES; PETROLEUM; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NITROBACTER; NITROSOMONADALES; NITROSOMONAS EUROPAEA; NITROSOMONAS NITROSA; NITROSPIRA;

EID: 77954533371     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2010.05.009     Document Type: Article

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