Ecological characteristics of anaerobic ammonia oxidizing bacteria

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 97, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1841-1849

  Ding, Shuang ^a   Zheng, Ping ^a   Lu, Huifeng ^a   Chen, Jianwei ^a   Mahmood, Qaisar ^b   Abbas, Ghulam ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Tobe Camp University Road Abbottabad   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Anaerobic ammonium oxidizing bacteria; Competition; Nitrogen removal; Quorum sensing; Synergism

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA OXIDIZING BACTERIA; ANAEROBIC AMMONIUM OXIDATION; ANAMMOX; ANAMMOX BACTERIA; DENSITY-DEPENDENT; DINITROGEN GAS; ECOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS; MICROBIAL CONVERSIONS; NITROGEN CYCLES; NITROGEN POLLUTION; QUORUM-SENSING; QUORUM-SENSING SYSTEMS; SYNERGISM; WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM;

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; COMPETITION; ECOLOGY; NITROGEN; NITROGEN REMOVAL; SENSORS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

BACTERIA;

DISSOLVED OXYGEN; N ACYLHOMOSERINE LACTONE; ORGANIC MATTER;

AMMONIUM; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NITROGEN; OXIDATION; POLLUTION CONTROL; REMOVAL EXPERIMENT; SYNERGISM; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER;

ANAMMOX BACTERIUM; BIOFILM; CANDIDATUS; CELL DENSITY; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; DENITRIFYING BACTERIUM; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NITRITE OXIDIZING BACTERIUM; NITROGEN CYCLE; NONHUMAN; QUORUM SENSING; REVIEW;

AMMONIA; ANAEROBIOSIS; BACTERIA; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; MICROBIAL INTERACTIONS; NITRITES; NITROGEN; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; QUORUM SENSING;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NITROSOMONADALES;

EID: 84874116533     PISSN: 01757598     EISSN: 14320614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00253-013-4697-0     Document Type: Review

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