Ammonia-oxidizing bacteria in biofilters removing trihalomethanes are related to Nitrosomonas oligotropha

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 77, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 2537-2540

  Wahman, David G ^a   Kirisits, Mary Jo ^b   Katz, Lynn E ^b   Speitel Jr , Gerald E ^b  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA OXIDIZING BACTERIA; DRINKING WATER SYSTEMS; NITROSOMONAS; TRIBROMOMETHANE; TRICHLOROMETHANE; TRIHALOMETHANES;

AMMONIA; BACTERIA; BACTERIOLOGY; BIOFILTRATION; POTABLE WATER;

BIOFILTERS;

AMMONIA; BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; OXIDOREDUCTASE; TRIHALOMETHANE;

BACTERIUM; BIOFILTRATION; CHEMICAL COMPOUND; DRINKING WATER;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA SEQUENCE; FILTRATION; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NITROSOMONAS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PHYLOGENY;

AMMONIA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; FILTRATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NITROSOMONAS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXIDOREDUCTASES; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TRIHALOMETHANES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NITROSOMONADALES; NITROSOMONAS OLIGOTROPHA;

EID: 79953287643     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02464-10     Document Type: Article

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