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Effects of pH and oxygen and ammonium concentrations on the community structure of nitrifying bacteria from wastewater

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The impact of high ammonium concentrations, various pH values and different oxygen concentrations on nitrification and on community structure of nitrifying bacteria from wastewater was studied. Results showed that a high ammonium level resulted in a great community structure change that was reversible once the ammonium concentration was returned to its original level. The smaller changes in community structure brought about by the two pH extremes were irreversible.

Author: Tiedje, James M., Paul, Eldor A., Mahne, Ivan, Princic, Alenka, Megusar, France
Publisher: American Society for Microbiology
Publication Name: Applied and Environmental Microbiology
Subject: Biological sciences
ISSN: 0099-2240
Year: 1998
Environmental aspects, Wetlands, Ammonium compounds, Ammonium salts

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Nitrification and autotrophic nitrifying bacteria in a hydrocarbon-polluted soil

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Research was conducted to examine the nitrification and autotrophic nitrifying bacteria in a hydrocarbon-polluted soil. The objective was to determine the effect of the addition of a hydrocarbon fuel on nitrification and nitrifying bacteria in an uncontaminated agricultural soil and in a soil with a long history of pollution. Results prove that nitrifying bacteria in polluted soil were characterized by a lower affinity for hydrocarbons.

Author: Penninckx, Michel J., Deni, Jamal
Publisher: American Society for Microbiology
Publication Name: Applied and Environmental Microbiology
Subject: Biological sciences
ISSN: 0099-2240
Year: 1999
Methods, Bioremediation, Hydrocarbons

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Estimation of nitrifying bacterial activities by measuring oxygen uptake in the presence of the metabolic inhibitors allylthiourea and azide

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A nitrifying biomass enriched and developed from activated sludge was used in the investigation of the selective inhibition of ammonia oxidation and nitrite oxidation by allylthiourea and azide respectively. The protocol is based on oxygen uptake using a batch type respirometer allowing bacterial activity differentiation in mixed cultures. Allylthiourea and azide were shown to be potent inhibitors of ammonia and nitrite oxidation.

Author: Ginestet, Philippe, Urbain, Vincent, Audic, Jean-Marc, Block, Jean-Claude
Publisher: American Society for Microbiology
Publication Name: Applied and Environmental Microbiology
Subject: Biological sciences
ISSN: 0099-2240
Year: 1998
Chemical inhibitors

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Subjects list: Research, Nitrification, Bacteria, Nitrifying, Nitrobacteraceae
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