Adaptation of denitrifying bacteria to acetate and methanol in activated sludge

Water Research

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1445-1450

  Hallin, Sara ^a   Rothman, Maria ^b   Pell, Mikael ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b Stockholm Vatten AB   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Acetate; Activated sludge; Adaptation; Batch reactor; Carbon source; Denitrification; Methanol; Most probable number; Nitrogen removal

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; ACETYLENE; ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS; BIOREACTORS; CARBON; DENITRIFICATION; METHANOL; NITROGEN REMOVAL; SEWAGE AERATION; SEWAGE SLUDGE; SEWAGE TREATMENT;

ACETATE; ADAPTATION; BENCH SCALE SEQUENCING BATCH REACTORS;

BACTERIA;

ACETIC ACID; ACETYLENE; METHANOL;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BIOREACTOR; DENITRIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; SEWAGE;

ACTIVATED; BACTERIA; DENITRIFYING; SLUDGE;

EID: 0030153121     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0043-1354(96)00033-4     Document Type: Article

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