Development of stable denitrifying cultures during repeated aerobic-anaerobic transient periods

Water Research

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 1947-1954

  Baumann, B ^a   Snozzi, M ^a   Van Der Meer, J R ^a   Zehnder, A J B ^a  

^a SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Activated sludge; Aerobic anaerobic transients; Denitrification; mRNA probes; Paracoccus denitrificans

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS; DENITRIFICATION; ENZYMES; GROWTH KINETICS; RNA;

ALTERNATING AEROBIC ANAEROBIC GROWTH; MESSENGER RNA PROBES;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

MESSENGER RNA; NITRITE;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ANAEROBIC PROCESSES; DENITRIFICATION;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ARTICLE; DENITRIFICATION; PARACOCCUS DENITRIFICANS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TIME; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

PARACOCCUS DENITRIFICANS;

EID: 0031213942     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0043-1354(97)00053-5     Document Type: Article

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