Kinetics of bacterial sulfate reduction in an activated sludge plant

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 129-137

  Ingvorsen, Kjeld ^a   Nielsen, Marianne Yde ^a   Joulian, Catherine ^b  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

35S sulfate reduction rate; Activated sludge; Deflocculation; Kinetics; Most probable number; Sulfate reducing bacterium

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CARBON; CHLORAMPHENICOL; GLUCOSE; LACTIC ACID; SODIUM DITHIONITE; STREPTOMYCIN; SULFATE; SULFIDE;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; BACTERIUM; BIOLOGICAL TREATMENT; FLOCCULATION; KINETICS; REDUCTION; SULFATE; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL KINETICS; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CELL DENSITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLUDGE DEWATERING; SULFATE REDUCING BACTERIUM; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0242285529     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-6496(03)00209-5     Document Type: Article

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