Reconsidering the Use of Photosynthetic Bacteria for Removal of Sulfide from Wastewater

Biotechnology and Bioengineering

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 47-55

  Hurse, T J ^a   Keller, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biofilm; Green sulfur bacteria (GSB); Spectral composition; Sulfide removal; Wastewater

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; IRRADIATION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SULFIDE MINERALS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

REMOVAL RATES;

BIOTECHNOLOGY;

SULFIDE;

ARTICLE; BIOFILM; BIOFILM REACTOR; CHLOROBIUM; ENERGY; IRRADIATION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHOTOTROPHIC BACTERIUM; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; WASTE WATER; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIOFILMS; BIOREACTORS; CHLOROBI; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; LIGHT; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SULFIDES; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION;

CHLOROBI; PHOTOBACTERIA;

EID: 0346500525     PISSN: 00063592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bit.10816     Document Type: Article

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