Ammonia oxidizing bacteria community dynamics in a pilot-scale wastewater treatment plant.

BACKGROUND: Chemoautotrophic ammonia oxidizing bacteria (AOB) have the metabolic ability to oxidize ammonia to nitrite aerobically. This metabolic feature has been widely used, in combination with denitrification, to remove nitrogen from wastewater in wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs). However, th...

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Main Authors: Xiaohui Wang, Xianghua Wen, Yu Xia, Ma Hu, Fang Zhao, Kun Ding
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3338686?pdf=render