Colonization of freshwater biofilms by nitrifying bacteria from activated sludge

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 104-115

  Mußmann, Marc ^a   Ribot, Miquel ^b   von Schiller, Daniel ^b,f   Merbt, Stephanie N ^b   Augspurger, Clemens ^a   Karwautz, Clemens ^c   Winkel, Matthias ^d   Battin, Tom J ^a,e   Martí, Eugènia ^b   Daims, Holger ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b CENTRE D ESTUDIS AVANÇATS DE BLANES CEAB CSIC   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^e Inter University Centre for Aquatic Ecosystem Research   (Austria)

^f UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Ammonia oxidizers; Colonization; Freshwater biofilm; Nitrification; Nitrite oxidizers; Wastewater treatment plants

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; AMMONIA MONOOXYGENASE; FRESH WATER; NITRITE; OXIDOREDUCTASE;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; AMMONIA; BIOFILM; COLONIZATION; EFFLUENT; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FLUORESCENCE; FRESHWATER; INOCULATION; MICROCOSM; NITRIFICATION; NITRIFYING BACTERIUM; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BIOFILM; CLASSIFICATION; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; NITRIFICATION; NITROSOMONAS; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; SEWAGE;

AMMONIA; BACTERIA; BIOFILMS; FRESH WATER; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; NITRIFICATION; NITRITES; NITROSOMONAS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXIDOREDUCTASES; SEWAGE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NITROSOMONAS; NITROSOMONAS COMMUNIS; NITROSPIRA;

EID: 84879414451     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: 15746941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1574-6941.12103     Document Type: Article

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