Effects of heavy metals on nitrifying bacteria

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 36, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 69-74

  Lee, Yong Woo ^a   Ong, Say Kee ^b   Sato, Chikashi ^c  

^a Samsung Engineering Co Ltd   (South Korea)

^b Nucl Eng Idaho State University   (United States)

^c Iowa State University of Science and Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Attached growth; Copper; Inhibition; Media; Nickel; Nitrification; Speciation; Suspended growth

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIOREACTORS; COPPER; GROWTH KINETICS; HAZARDOUS MATERIALS; HEAVY METALS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NICKEL; WASTEWATER;

AMMONIUM OXIDATION INHIBITION; HEAVY METAL EFFECTS; SHOCK LOADING EFFECT; SPECIATION;

NITRIFICATION;

AMMONIA; COPPER; NICKEL;

BACTERIUM CULTURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NITRIFICATION; NITROBACTER; NITROSOMONAS; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; TOXICITY TESTING;

EID: 0031453652     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0273-1223(97)00730-0     Document Type: Conference Paper

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