Nitrifying Bacterial Community Structure of a Full-Scale Integrated Fixed-Film Activated Sludge Process as Investigated by Pyrosequencing

Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 293-298

  Kim, Taek Seung ^a   Kim, Han Shin ^a   Kwon, Soondong ^a   Park, Hee Deung ^a  

^a Korea University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Activated sludge; AOB; IFAS; NOB; Pyrosequencing

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; RNA 16S;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ARTICLE; BIOMASS PRODUCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NITRIFICATION; NITRIFYING BACTERIUM; NITROSOMONAS; NITROSOMONAS OLIGOTROPHA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PYROSEQUENCING; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SLUDGE TREATMENT; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

AMMONIA; BACTERIA; BIODIVERSITY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NITRIFICATION; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PHYLOGENY; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEWAGE;

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

EID: 79953268568     PISSN: 10177825     EISSN: 17388872     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4014/jmb.1009.09042     Document Type: Article

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