AmoA-encoding archaea in wastewater treatment plants: A review

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 97, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1425-1439

  Limpiyakorn, Tawan ^a   Fürhacker, Maria ^b   Haberl, Raimund ^b   Chodanon, Thanasita ^a   Srithep, Papitchaya ^a   Sonthiphand, Puntipar ^a  

^a CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

Author keywords

Ammonia oxidizing archaea; Ammonia oxidizing bacteria; amoA encoding archaea; Thaumarcheota; Wastewater treatment plant

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA OXIDIZING BACTERIA; AMMONIA-OXIDIZING ARCHAEA; ARCHAEA; THAUMARCHEOTA; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

AMMONIA; BACTERIA; ENCODING (SYMBOLS); SEWAGE PUMPING PLANTS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

TOXICITY;

AMMONIA; NITRITE; OXYGEN;

AMMONIA; MICROBIOLOGY; NITRITE; PROKARYOTE; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

AMMONIA OXIDIZING ARCHAEON; AMOA GENE; ARCHAEAL GENE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CLASSIFICATION; DENITRIFICATION; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; NITRIFYING ARCHAEON; NITROGEN CYCLE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OXIDATION; PHYLOGENY; REVIEW; SLUDGE TREATMENT; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT;

AMMONIA; ARCHAEA; ARCHAEAL PROTEINS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXIDOREDUCTASES; PHYLOGENY; WASTE WATER; WATER PURIFICATION;

NITROSOMONADALES;

EID: 84874359351     PISSN: 01757598     EISSN: 14320614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00253-012-4650-7     Document Type: Review

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