Impact of Heavy Metals on Transcriptional and Physiological Activity of Nitrifying Bacteria

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 49, Issue 22, 2015, Pages 13454-13462

  Kapoor, Vikram ^a   Li, Xuan ^a   Elk, Michael ^b   Chandran, Kartik ^c   Impellitteri, Christopher A ^a   Santo Domingo, Jorge W ^a  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b PEGASUS TECHNICAL SERVICES INC   (United States)

^c Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; CADMIUM; GENES; HEAVY METALS; LEAD; NICKEL; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN REMOVAL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSCRIPTION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; ZINC; ZINC COMPOUNDS;

EARLY WARNING INDICATORS; ENRICHMENT CULTURE; GENE TRANSCRIPTIONS; NITRIFICATION ACTIVITY; NITRIFYING BACTERIA; PHYSIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; SPECIFIC OXYGEN UPTAKE RATE; TRANSCRIPTIONAL RESPONSE;

CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT);

CADMIUM; LEAD; NICKEL; OXYGEN; RNA 16S; ZINC; AMMONIA; HEAVY METAL; NITROGEN; WASTE WATER;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); GENE EXPRESSION; HEAVY METAL; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; AMOA GENE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTEROIDETES; BIOREACTOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENRICHMENT CULTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HAO GENE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL POPULATION DYNAMICS; NIRK GENE; NITRIFICATION; NITRIFYING BACTERIUM; NITROSOMONAS; NONHUMAN; NORB GENE; OXIDATION; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; UPREGULATION; BACTERIUM; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECTS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; WASTE WATER;

AMMONIA; BACTERIA; BIOREACTORS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; METALS, HEAVY; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN; UP-REGULATION; WASTE WATER;

EID: 84947271210     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.5b02748     Document Type: Article

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