Interactions between methanogenic and nitrate reducing bacteria during the anaerobic digestion of an industrial sulfate rich wastewater

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 341-350

  Percheron, Gilles ^a   Bernet, Nicolas ^a   Moletta, René ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE DE BIOTECHNOLOGIE DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

Anaerobic digestion; Denitrification; Methanogenesis; Sulfate reduction; Sulfide

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; IRON; METHANE; NITRATE; NITROGEN OXIDE; SULFATE; SULFIDE;

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; ARTICLE; DENITRIFICATION; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; METHANOBACTERIUM; METHANOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION REDUCTION POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REDUCTION; WASTE WATER;

EID: 0032799979     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-6496(99)00028-8     Document Type: Article

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