Inhibitory effects of ammonia on methanogen mcrA transcripts in anaerobic digester sludge

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 368-377

  Zhang, Chen ^a   Yuan, Quan ^a,b   Lu, Yahai ^a  

^a CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR TERRESTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ammonia stress; Anaerobic digester; Methanogens; Methyl coenzyme reductase

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; AMMONIUM DERIVATIVE; ARCHAEAL DNA; METHANE; METHYL COENZYME M REDUCTASE; OXIDOREDUCTASE; RNA 16S;

AMMONIA STRESS; ANAEROBIC DIGESTER; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DRUG EFFECT; EURYARCHAEOTA; GENE DOSAGE; GENETICS; MANURE; METABOLISM; METHANOGEN; METHYL COENZYME REDUCTASE; MICROBIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SEWAGE; SWINE;

AMMONIA STRESS; ANAEROBIC DIGESTER; METHANOGENS; METHYL COENZYME REDUCTASE;

AMMONIA; AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; ANIMALS; DNA, ARCHAEAL; EURYARCHAEOTA; GENE DOSAGE; MANURE; METHANE; OXIDOREDUCTASES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEWAGE; SWINE;

EID: 84895075241     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: 15746941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1574-6941.12229     Document Type: Article

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