Characterisation of the bacterial consortium involved in nitrite oxidation in activated sludge

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 45-52

  Burrell, Paul ^a   Keller, Jürg ^a   Blackall, Linda L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Activated sludge; Nitrification; Nitrite oxidation; Nitrobacter; Nitrospira

Indexed keywords

NITRITE;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; BACTERIUM; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BIODEGRADATION; BIOMASS; CONFERENCE PAPER; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NITRIFICATION; NITROBACTER; OXIDATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REACTOR; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

NITRITE; SEQUENCING BATCH REACTORS (SBR);

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS; BACTERIA; BIOLOGICAL SEWAGE TREATMENT; BIOMASS; BIOREACTORS; CLONING; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; OXIDATION;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NITROBACTER; NITROSPIRA; NITROSPIRA MOSCOVIENSIS;

EID: 0032590370     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0273-1223(99)00121-3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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