Active autotrophic ammonia-oxidizing bacteria in biofilm enrichments from simulated creek ecosystems at two ammonium concentrations respond to temperature manipulation

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 77, Issue 20, 2011, Pages 7329-7338

  Avrahami, Sharon ^a,b,g   Jia, Zhongjun ^c,d   Neufeld, Josh D ^e,f   Murrell, J Colin ^f   Conrad, Ralf ^c   Küsel, Kirsten ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^b TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR TERRESTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^d INSTITUTE OF SOIL SCIENCE   (China)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^g RUPPIN ACADEMIC CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA OXIDIZERS; AMMONIA OXIDIZING BACTERIA; AMMONIUM CONCENTRATIONS; ANAEROBIC AMMONIUM OXIDATION; ANAMMOX; ARCHAEA; AUTOTROPHIC AMMONIA-OXIDIZING BACTERIUM; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COPY NUMBER; ENRICHMENT CULTURE; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENTS; HIGHER TEMPERATURES; IN-SITU TEMPERATURE; NITROSOMONAS; STABLE-ISOTOPE PROBING; STANDARD DEVIATION; STREAM WATER; THREE TEMPERATURE;

AMMONIA; BACTERIA; BIOFILMS; CARBON DIOXIDE; DENITRIFICATION; EUTROPHICATION; GENES; ISOTOPES; NITROGEN REMOVAL; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS;

AMMONIA; ARCHAEAL DNA; ARCHAEAL PROTEIN; BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; FRESH WATER; RIBOSOME DNA;

AMMONIA; BACTERIUM; BIOFILM; EUTROPHICATION; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NITRIFICATION; NITRITE; PROKARYOTE; STREAMWATER;

ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; AUTOTROPHY; BACTERIUM; BIOFILM; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA SEQUENCE; ECOSYSTEM; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; ISOTOPE LABELING; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TEMPERATURE;

AMMONIA; ARCHAEA; ARCHAEAL PROTEINS; AUTOTROPHIC PROCESSES; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOFILMS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA, ARCHAEAL; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; ECOSYSTEM; FRESH WATER; ISOTOPE LABELING; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 82955205941     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.05864-11     Document Type: Article

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