Isolation of Nitrospira belonging to sublineage II from a wastewater treatment plant

Microbes and Environments

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 346-353

  Ushiki, Norisuke ^a   Fujitani, Hirotsugu ^a   Aoi, Yoshiteru ^b,c   Tsuneda, Satoshi ^a  

^a WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell sorter; Formate; Micro colony; Nitrification; Uncultured bacteria

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; NITRITE; RIBOSOME DNA; RNA 16S;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BIOREACTOR; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PHYLOGENY; WASTE WATER;

BACTERIA; BIOREACTORS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NITRITES; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; WASTE WATER;

EID: 84884467809     PISSN: 13426311     EISSN: 13474405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1264/jsme2.ME13042     Document Type: Article

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