Salinity decreases nitrite reductase gene diversity in denitrifying bacteria of wastewater treatment systems.
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SUBMITTER: Yoshie S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC404418 | biostudies-literature | 2004 May
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Salinity decreases nitrite reductase gene diversity in denitrifying bacteria of wastewater treatment systems.
Yoshie Sachiko S Noda Naohiro N Tsuneda Satoshi S Hirata Akira A Inamori Yuhei Y
Applied and environmental microbiology 20040501 5
Investigation of the diversity of nirK and nirS in denitrifying bacteria revealed that salinity decreased the diversity in a nitrate-containing saline wastewater treatment system. The predominant nirS clone was related to nirS derived from marine bacteria, and the predominant nirK clone was related to nirK of the genus ALCALIGENES: ...[more]
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