Responses of community structure of amoA-encoding archaea and ammonia-oxidizing bacteria in ammonia biofilter with rockwool mixtures to the gradual increases in ammonium and nitrate

Journal of Applied Microbiology

Volumn 114, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 746-761

  Yasuda, T ^a   Waki, M ^a   Kuroda, K ^b   Hanajima, D ^c   Fukumoto, Y ^a   Yamagishi, T ^d   Suwa, Y ^e   Suzuki, K ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF LIVESTOCK AND GRASSLAND SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTER FOR KYUSHU OKINAWA REGION   (Japan)

^c FOOD RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^e CHUO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ammonia oxidizing bacteria; amoA encoding archaea; Community responses; Free ammonia; Laboratory scale rockwool biofilter; Nitrogen mass balance

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; BACTERIA; ELECTROPHORESIS; ENCODING (SYMBOLS); NITROGEN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIGNAL ENCODING;

AMMONIA OXIDIZING BACTERIA; AMOA-ENCODING ARCHEON; ARCHAEON; BACTERIA COMMUNITY; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; ENCODINGS; FREE AMMONIA; LABORATORY-SCALE ROCKWOOL BIOFILTER; NITROGEN MASS BALANCE; ROCKWOOL;

BIOFILTERS;

AMMONIA; NITRATE; NITROGEN; WATER;

ABUNDANCE; AMMONIA; BACTERIUM; BIOFILTRATION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; EUKARYOTE; LABORATORY METHOD; MASS BALANCE; NITRATE; PH;

AMMONIA OXIDIZING ARCHAEON; AMMONIA OXIDIZING BACTERIUM; AMOA GENE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BIOFILTER; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; DENITRIFICATION; FILTER REACTOR; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE DOSAGE; GENE SEQUENCE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; NITROSOMONAS EUROPAEA; NITROSOSPIRA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NITROSOMONADALES; NITROSOMONAS EUROPAEA; NITROSOSPIRA SP.;

EID: 84873990102     PISSN: 13645072     EISSN: 13652672     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jam.12091     Document Type: Article

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