Comparison of oxidation kinetics of nitrite-oxidizing bacteria: Nitrite availability as a key factor in niche differentiation

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 745-753

  Nowka, Boris ^a   Daims, Holger ^b   Spieck, Eva ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; FUNCTIONS; KINETIC PARAMETERS; KINETICS; NITRIFICATION; PROTEINS; TEMPERATURE; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

COMMUNITY STRUCTURES; NICHE DIFFERENTIATION; NITRIFICATION RATES; NITRITE OXIDATIONS; NITRITE-OXIDIZING BACTERIA; OXIDATION KINETICS; SUBSTRATE LIMITATION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

BACTERIA;

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ECOSYSTEM ENGINEERING; NICHE PARTITIONING; NITRIFICATION; NITRIFYING BACTERIUM; NUMERICAL MODEL; OXIDATION; REACTION KINETICS;

NITROBACTER; NITROSPIRA;

NITRITE;

BACTERIUM; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; NITRIFICATION; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; TEMPERATURE; THEORETICAL MODEL;

BACTERIA; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NITRIFICATION; NITRITES; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84920719019     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02734-14     Document Type: Article

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