Regime shift and microbial dynamics in a sequencing batch reactor for nitrification and anammox treatment of urine

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 77, Issue 17, 2011, Pages 5897-5907

  Bürgmann, Helmut ^a   Jenni, Sarina ^a   Vazquez, Francisco ^a   Udert, Kai M ^a  

^a SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

16S RRNA GENE; AIR FLOW-RATE; AMMONIUM OXIDATION; ANAMMOX; ANAMMOX ACTIVITY; CYCLE DURATION; ECOLOGICAL REGIMES; ECOLOGICAL THEORY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY ANALYSIS; MICROBIAL DYNAMICS; MICROBIAL POPULATIONS; NITROGEN CYCLES; NITROGEN ELIMINATION; NITROUS OXIDE; PERFORMANCE DEGRADATION; PHYSICAL MEASUREMENT; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROCESS; PROCESS INSTABILITIES; QUANTITATIVE PCR; RAPID TRANSITIONS; REGIME SHIFT; RIBOSOMAL INTERGENIC SPACER ANALYSIS; SEQUENCING BATCH REACTORS; SETPOINTS; STABLE STATE;

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; ANESTHETICS; BATCH REACTORS; BODY FLUIDS; DENITRIFICATION; DYNAMICS; ECOLOGY; FUNCTIONAL GROUPS; GENES; MICROORGANISMS; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN; NITROGEN OXIDES; NITROGEN REMOVAL; OXIDATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS;

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

BIOREACTOR; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN; NITROGEN CYCLE; NITROUS OXIDE; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; URINE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BIOREACTOR; CHEMISTRY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA SEQUENCE; ECOSYSTEM; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NITRIFICATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PHYLOGENY; TIME; URINE;

AMMONIA; BACTERIA; BIOREACTORS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; ECOSYSTEM; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NITRIFICATION; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TIME FACTORS; URINE;

EID: 80052777584     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02986-10     Document Type: Article

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