Behaviors of nitrifiers in a novel biofilm reactor employing hanging sponge-cubes as attachment site

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 23-31

  Araki, Nobuo ^a   Ohashi, Akiyoshi ^b   Machdar, Izarul ^b   Harada, Hideki ^b  

^a NAGAOKA NATIONAL COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b NAGAOKA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Biofilm; DO microelectrodes; Fluorescent in situ hybridization; Municipal sewage; Nitrifying bacteria; Post treatment process

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIOMASS; CELLS; NITRIFICATION; SEWAGE;

BIOFILM REACTOR; NITRIFIERS; SPONGE CUBES;

BIOFILMS;

AMMONIA; CARBON; NITRITE; NITROGEN;

BIOFILM; NITRIFICATION; SEWAGE TREATMENT; SLUDGE;

BIOFILM; BIOMASS; BIOREACTOR; CONFERENCE PAPER; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MICROELECTRODE; NITRIFICATION; NITROBACTER; NITROSOMONAS; NONHUMAN; SEWAGE TREATMENT; SPONGE;

NITROBACTER; NITROSOMONAS;

EID: 0032980729     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0273-1223(99)00146-8     Document Type: Conference Paper

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