Functionally relevant diversity of closely related Nitrospira in activated sludge

ISME Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 643-655

  Gruber Dorninger, Christiane ^a   Pester, Michael ^a,b   Kitzinger, Katharina ^a   Savio, Domenico F ^a,c   Loy, Alexander ^a   Rattei, Thomas ^a   Wagner, Michael ^a   Daims, Holger ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^c VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; CHEMOAUTOTROPHY; COEXISTENCE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; NICHE PARTITIONING; NITRIFICATION; NITRIFYING BACTERIUM; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TAXONOMY; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

NITROSOMONADALES; NITROSPIRA;

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; NITRITE DEHYDROGENASE; NITRITE REDUCTASE; NITROGEN; OXIDOREDUCTASE; SEWAGE;

BACTERIUM; BIODIVERSITY; CLASSIFICATION; ECOSYSTEM; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; NITRIFICATION; PHYLOGENY; SEWAGE;

BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; NITRIFICATION; NITRITE REDUCTASES; NITROGEN; OXIDOREDUCTASES; PHYLOGENY; SEWAGE;

EID: 84923331651     PISSN: 17517362     EISSN: 17517370     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ismej.2014.156     Document Type: Article

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