Enrichment and operation strategies for polychlorophenol degrading microbial cultures in an aerobic fluidized-bed reactor

Water Environment Research

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 171-180

  Melin, Esa S ^a,c   Puhakka, Jaakko A ^a,b   Ferguson, John F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^c NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Biodegradation; Chlorophenols; Fluidized bed reactor; Kinetics

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS; BIODEGRADATION; BIOREACTORS; EFFLUENTS; FLUIDIZED BEDS; MICROORGANISMS; PHENOLS; REACTION KINETICS; SUBSTRATES;

FLUIDIZED BED REACTORS; MICROBIAL CULTURES; POLYCHLOROPHENOLS;

BIOLOGICAL WATER TREATMENT;

2,3,4,6 TETRACHLOROPHENOL; CHLOROPHENOL; PENTACHLOROPHENOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VOLATILE AGENT;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIODEGRADATION; BIOMASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLUIDIZED BED; MICHAELIS MENTEN KINETICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER TREATMENT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0032029490     PISSN: 10614303     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2175/106143098X127017     Document Type: Article

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