Novel application of nitrifying bacterial consortia to ease ammonia toxicity in ornamental fish transport units: Trials with zebrafish

Journal of Applied Microbiology

Volumn 111, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 278-292

  Dhanasiri, A K S ^a   Kiron, V ^a   Fernandes, J M O ^a   Bergh, O ^b,c   Powell, M D ^a  

^a NORD UNIVERSITY   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^c INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Ammonia oxidizing bacteria; Fish transport; Nitrite oxidizing bacteria; Water quality; Zebrafish

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; BACTERIA; BIOREMEDIATION; ELECTROPHORESIS; FISH; NITRIFICATION; QUALITY CONTROL;

AMMONIA OXIDIZING BACTERIA; AMMONIA TOXICITY; BACTERIAL CONSORTIUM; BIOCONTROL AGENT; FISH TRANSPORT; NITRITE-OXIDIZING BACTERIA; NOVEL APPLICATIONS; ORNAMENTAL FISH; TRANSPORT UNITS; ZEBRAFISH;

WATER QUALITY;

AMMONIA; NITRATE;

AMMONIA; BIOCONTROL AGENT; BIOREMEDIATION; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CYPRINID; ELECTROKINESIS; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; FREIGHT TRANSPORT; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NITRATE; NITRIFYING BACTERIUM; ORNAMENTAL SPECIES; PH; REDUCTION; TOXICITY; WATER QUALITY;

AMMONIA OXIDIZING BACTERIUM; AMMONIA TOXICITY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOFILTER; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; BIOREMEDIATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; INOCULATION; INTOXICATION; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL CONSORTIUM; NITRIFYING BACTERIUM; NITRITE OXIDIZING BACTERIUM; NITROSOMONAS; NITROSOMONAS EUROPAEA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ORNAMENTAL SPECIES; PH; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TRANSPORT KINETICS; WATER QUALITY; ZEBRA FISH;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DANIO RERIO; NITROSOMONADALES;

EID: 79960556189     PISSN: 13645072     EISSN: 13652672     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2672.2011.05050.x     Document Type: Article

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