Community analysis of ammonia-oxidizing Betaproteobacteria at different seasons in microbial-earthworm ecofilters

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 51, Issue , 2013, Pages 1-9

  Wang, Longmian ^a,b   Luo, Xingzhang ^b   Zhang, Yimin ^a   Chao, Jianying ^a   Gao, Yuexiang ^a   Zhang, Jibiao ^b   Zheng, Zheng ^b  

^a NANJING INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

^b FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Ammonia nitrogen; Polymerase chain reaction denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (PCR DGGE); Temperature variation; Vermifiltration

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA NITROGEN; AMMONIA OXIDIZING BACTERIA; BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; COMMUNITY ANALYSIS; DEGRADATION RATE CONSTANTS; GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; N REMOVAL; NITROSOMONAS; SHANNON INDEX; SOIL LAYER; SYNTHETIC WASTE WATER; TEMPERATURE VARIATION; VERMIFILTRATION;

BACTERIA; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; DEGRADATION; ELECTROPHORESIS; NITROGEN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RATE CONSTANTS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

AMMONIA;

AMMONIA; BACTERIUM; BIODEGRADATION; BIOFILTRATION; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; DIVERSITY INDEX; EARTHWORM; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REACTION RATE; SEASONALITY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; NITROSOMONADALES; NITROSOMONAS; NITROSOSPIRA;

EID: 84871815054     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2012.12.062     Document Type: Article

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