Nitrate-dependent ferrous iron oxidation by anaerobic ammonium oxidation (anammox) bacteria

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 79, Issue 13, 2013, Pages 4087-4093

  Oshiki, M ^a   Ishii, S ^a   Yoshida, K ^a   Fujii, N ^a   Ishiguro, M ^a   Satoh, Hisashi ^a   Okabe, S ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

15N-TRACER EXPERIMENTS; ANAEROBIC AMMONIUM OXIDATION; ANAMMOX ACTIVITY; CO-OCCURRENCE; ENRICHMENT CULTURE; FERROUS IRON OXIDATION; NITRATE REDUCTION; STANDARD DEVIATION;

BACTERIA; CALCIUM; NITRATES; NITROGEN OXIDES; NITROGEN REMOVAL; OXIDATION; PROTEINS; REDUCTION;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

FERROUS ION; NITRATE; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM DERIVATIVE; RNA 16S;

AMMONIUM; ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BACTERIUM; BIOREMEDIATION; ENRICHMENT; IRON; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NITRATE; OXIDATION; REACTION KINETICS; REACTION RATE; WASTE TREATMENT;

ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BIOREACTOR; DNA SEQUENCE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PH; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TEMPERATURE;

BACTERIA, ANAEROBIC; BIOREACTORS; FERROUS COMPOUNDS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; NITRATES; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TEMPERATURE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANDIDATUS SCALINDUA;

EID: 84879827831     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00743-13     Document Type: Article

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