Microbial mechanisms of carbon removal in subsurface flow wetlands

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 127-134

  Baptista, J D C ^a   Donnelly, T ^a   Rayne, D ^a   Davenport, R J ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Constructed wetlands; Microbial kinetics; Sulphate reducing bacteria

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; CARBON; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

MOLECULAR ANALYSIS;

WETLANDS;

CARBON; ORGANIC CARBON; SULFATE;

BACTERIUM; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; CONTROLLED STUDY; GRAM NEGATIVE ANAEROBIC BACTERIA; GROWTH RATE; METHANOBACTERIALES; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MICROBIAL KINETICS; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; PLANT; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WATER FLOW; WETLAND;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); METHANOBACTERIALES; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0242721302     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2003.0298     Document Type: Conference Paper

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