Differential responses of nitrifying archaea and bacteria to methylene blue toxicity

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 199-206

  Sipos, A J ^a   Urakawa, H ^a  

^a FLORIDA GULF COAST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ammonia oxidizing archaea; Ammonia oxidizing bacteria; Aquaculture; Aquarium; Methylene blue; Nitrification; Ornamental fish

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; AQUACULTURE; AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; BACTERIA; CELLS; CYTOLOGY; FISH; NITRIFICATION;

AMMONIA OXIDATION; AMMONIA OXIDIZING BACTERIA; AMMONIA-OXIDIZING ARCHAEA; AQUARIUM; ARCHAEAL; BACTERIAL SPECIES; FISH DISEASE; METHYLENE BLUE; MICRO-ORGANISMS; ORNAMENTAL FISH;

TOXICITY;

AMMONIA; METHYLENE BLUE;

AMMONIA; AQUACULTURE INDUSTRY; AQUARIUM; AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; BACTERIUM; DISEASE TREATMENT; ECOTOXICOLOGY; EUKARYOTE; FISH; INHIBITION; NITRIFICATION; ORNAMENTAL SPECIES; OXIDATION; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; VULNERABILITY;

AMMONIA OXIDIZER; AQUACULTURE; ARTICLE; BIOFILTRATION; CELL VIABILITY; CELL VOLUME; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOSYSTEM; FISH DISEASE; IC50; NITRIFICATION; NITRIFYER; NITRIFYING ARCHAEON; NITRIFYING BACTERIUM; NITROSOCOCCUS; NITROSOCOCCUS OCEANI; NITROSOMONAS; NITROSOMONAS MARINA; NITROSOPUMILUS; NITROSOPUMILUS MARITIMUS; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; ANIMAL; ARCHAEON; BACTERIUM; DRUG EFFECTS; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANDIDATUS NITROSOPUMILUS MARITIMUS; NITROSOCOCCUS OCEANI; NITROSOMONADALES; NITROSOMONAS MARINA;

AMMONIA; ANIMALS; AQUACULTURE; ARCHAEA; BACTERIA; METHYLENE BLUE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; NITRIFICATION; OXIDATION-REDUCTION;

EID: 84956930221     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: 1472765X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/lam.12534     Document Type: Article

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