Relevance and Diversity of Nitrospira Populations in Biofilters of Brackish RAS

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2013, Pages

  Kruse, Myriam ^a   Keuter, Sabine ^b   Bakker, Evert ^c   Spieck, Eva ^b   Eggers, Till ^c,d   Lipski, André ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSNABRÜCK   (Germany)

^d BASF SE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BICARBONATE; FATTY ACID ESTER; NITRATE; RNA 16S;

AQUACULTURE; ARTICLE; BIOFILM; BIOFILTER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FATTY ACID ANALYSIS; GENE CLUSTER; GENE SEQUENCE; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MICROBIAL POPULATION DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR CLONING; NITRITE OXIDIZING BACTERIUM; NITROSPIRA MARINA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; TAXONOMY;

AQUACULTURE; AQUATIC ORGANISMS; BIOREACTORS; FATTY ACIDS; FILTRATION; GENETIC VARIATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NITRITES; NITROBACTER; PHYLOGENY; RECYCLING; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; STAINING AND LABELING;

EID: 84877989191     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0064737     Document Type: Article

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