Microbial population dynamics and community structure during the formation of nitrifying granules to treat ammonia-rich inorganic wastewater

Microbes and Environments

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 164-170

  Matsumoto, Shinya ^a,c   Ishikawa, Daisuke ^a   Saeki, Goro ^a   Aoi, Yoshiteru ^b   Tsuneda, Satoshi ^a  

^a WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NAGOYA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Community structure; Nitrifying bacteria; Population dynamics

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; AMMONIA MONOOXYGENASE; BACTERIAL DNA; OXIDOREDUCTASE; RIBOSOME DNA; RNA 16S;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BIODIVERSITY; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA SEQUENCE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NITRIFICATION; PHYLOGENY;

AMMONIA; BACTERIA; BIODIVERSITY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NITRIFICATION; OXIDOREDUCTASES; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

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

EID: 77957093433     PISSN: 13426311     EISSN: 13426311     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1264/jsme2.ME10107     Document Type: Article

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