Research on Nitrification and Related Processes, Part B

by Klotz

• ISBN13: 9780123864895
• ISBN10: 0123864895
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2011-05-04
• Publisher: Elsevier Science

Summary

The global nitrogen cycle is the one most impacted by mankind. The past decade has changed our view on many aspects of the microbial biogeochemical cycles including the global nitrogen cycle, which is mainly due to tremendous advances in methods, techniques and approaches. Many novel processes and the molecular inventory and organisms that facilitate them have been discovered only within the last 5 to 10 years, and the process is in progress. This volume provides state-of-the-art updates on methods and protocols dealing with the detection, isolation and characterization of macromolecules and their hosting organisms that facilitate nitrification and related processes in the nitrogen cycle as well as the challenges of doing so in very diverse environments. Provides state-of-the-art update on methods and protocols Deals with the detection, isolation and characterization of macromolecules and their hosting organisms#xA0; deals with the challenges of#xA0;very diverse environments.

Table of Contents

Process Measurements in Natural Systems

Strategies to determine diversity, growth and activity of ammonia oxidising archaea in soil

Profiles as bio-indicators in polluted coastal marine environments and non-polluted ocean water and sediments

Molecular and Stable Isotope Methods to Detect and Measure Anaerobic Ammonium Oxidation (anammox) in Aquatic Ecosystems

Nitrogen Mineralization and Assimilation at Millimeter Scales

Measurement of carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide and water potential in soil ecosystems.

Source determination of nitrous oxide based on nitrogen and oxygen isotope tracing: dealing with oxygen exchange

Process Measurements in Biofilm Communities

Structure, function, and eco-physiological interactions among community members in complex multispecies biofilms

In Situ Techniques and Digital Image Analysis Methods for Quantifying Spatial Localization Patterns of Nitrifiers and Other Microorganisms in Biofilm and Flocs

Investigating Nitrosomonas europaea stress biomarkers in batch, continuous culture and biofilm reactors

Nitrification of Raw or Used Water Using Expanded Bed Biofilm Reactor Technology

Ammonia Oxidizing Bacteria In Wastewater

Genomics, Metagenomics and Transcriptomics

Genomics for key players in the N cycle: From Guinea pigs to the next frontier.

Preparation of high-molecular-weight DNA and metagenomic libraries from soils and hot springs

Characterizing bacterial gene expression in nitrogen cycle metabolism with RT-qPCR.

The utility of functional gene arrays for assessing community composition, relative abundance and distribution of ammonia-oxidizing bacteria and archaea

Biochemistry & Proteomics

Structure and Function of Formate-Dependent Cytochrome c Nitrite Reductase, NrfA

Structure and function of Multicopper Oxidase Enzymes of Ammonia-Oxidizing Bacteria

Assessing variability in gel-based proteomic analysis of Nitrosomonas europaea

Nitrogen Metabolism and Kinetics of Marine Archaea and other oligotrophs

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