Characterization of nitrifying granules produced in an aerobic upflow fluidized bed reactor

Water Research

Volumn 37, Issue 20, 2003, Pages 4965-4973

  Tsuneda, Satoshi ^a   Nagano, Tatsuo ^a   Hoshino, Tatsuhiko ^a   Ejiri, Yoshihiro ^a   Noda, Naohiro ^a   Hirata, Akira ^a  

^a WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aerobic upflow fluidized bed (AUFB); Ammonia rich inorganic wastewater; Denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (DGGE); Fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH); Granulation; Nitrification

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; ELECTROPHORESIS; FLUIDIZED BEDS; GELS; WASTEWATER;

NITRIFYING GRANULES;

NITRIFICATION;

AMMONIA; NITROGEN;

AEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BACTERIUM COLONY; BIOREACTOR; DENATURATION; FLUIDIZED BED REACTOR; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN FIXATION; NITROSOMONAS; NONHUMAN; PARTICLE SIZE; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEWAGE; WATER FLOW;

NITROSOMONAS;

EID: 0242329772     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2003.08.017     Document Type: Article

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