Estimation of nitrifier abundances in a partial nitrification reactor treating ammonium-rich saline wastewater using DGGE, T-RFLP and mathematical modeling

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 88, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1403-1412

  Ye, Lin ^a   Zhang, Tong ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

DGGE; Double Monod; Partial nitrification; T RFLP

Indexed keywords

16S RRNA GENE; ACTIVATED SLUDGE; AMMONIA OXIDIZING BACTERIA; BACTERIA COMMUNITY; BACTERIAL COMMUNITY; BATCH EXPERIMENTS; CLONE LIBRARY; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; DGGE; DOUBLE MONOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELING; MONOD MODEL; NITRITE-OXIDIZING BACTERIA; NITROSOMONAS; NITROSPIRA; PARTIAL NITRIFICATION; SALINE WASTEWATER; SEQUENCING METHOD; T-RFLP; TERMINAL RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISMS;

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; BACTERIOLOGY; CELL GROWTH; CLONING; DENITRIFICATION; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; ELECTROPHORESIS; OXIDATION; RNA; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

NITRIFICATION;

AMMONIA; NITRATE; NITRITE; RNA 16S; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; AMMONIUM; BACTERIUM; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOREACTOR; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; ELECTROKINESIS; ESTIMATION METHOD; GEL; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NITRIFICATION; NITRITE; NUMERICAL MODEL; POLYMORPHISM; SALINITY; WASTEWATER;

AMMONIA OXIDIZING BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NITRIFICATION; NITRITE OXIDIZING BACTERIUM; NITROSOMONAS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROKARYOTES BY METABOLISM; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; TERMINAL RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; WASTE WATER;

BACTERIA; BIODIVERSITY; BIOREACTORS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NITRIFICATION; NITRITES; NUCLEIC ACID DENATURATION; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; WATER POLLUTANTS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NITROSOMONADALES; NITROSOMONAS; NITROSPIRA;

EID: 78649329735     PISSN: 01757598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00253-010-2837-3     Document Type: Article

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