Real-time PCR quantification of the population dynamics of ammonia-oxidizing bacteria in a pilot-scale wastewater treatment plant

Biochemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 66, Issue , 2012, Pages 61-65

  Wang, Xiaohui ^a   Zhang, Ya ^a   Wen, Xianghua ^a   Xia, Yu ^a   Hu, Man ^a   Zhaofang, ^a   Ding, Kun ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

AOB population dynamics; Biodegradation; Bioreactors; DNA; Real time PCR; Waste water treatment

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA CONCENTRATIONS; AMMONIA OXIDIZING BACTERIA; AMMONIA REMOVAL; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; MIXED LIQUOR SUSPENDED SOLIDS; PILOT SCALE; POPULATION NUMBERS; POPULATION SIZES; POSITIVE CORRELATIONS; REAL-TIME PCR; REAL-TIME PCR ASSAY; STABLE FUNCTIONS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

AMMONIA; BIODEGRADATION; BIOREACTORS; DENITRIFICATION; DNA; NITRIFICATION; OXIDATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION STATISTICS; SEWAGE PUMPING PLANTS; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

AMMONIA;

AMMONIA OXIDIZING BACTERIA; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; MICROBIAL POPULATION DYNAMICS; NITRIFICATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCTIVITY; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT;

NITROSOMONADALES;

EID: 84861680936     PISSN: 1369703X     EISSN: 1873295X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bej.2012.04.015     Document Type: Article

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