Degradation of acetonitrile through a sequence of microbial reactors

Water Research

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 648-654

  Haåkansson, Kristina ^a   Welander, Ulrika ^a   Mattiasson, Bo ^a  

^a CHEMICAL CENTER   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Acetonitrile; Denitrification; Nitrification; Suspended carrier

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; AMMONIA; BIOFILMS; DEGRADATION; DENITRIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN; POLISHING;

BIOFILM REACTORS; COMPLEX MOLECULES; MICROBIAL REACTORS; NITROGEN COMPONENT;

ACETONITRILE;

ACETIC ACID; ACETONITRILE; AMMONIA; NITROGEN; NITROGEN OXIDE; WATER;

ACETONITRILE; BIODEGRADATION; BIOREACTOR; DENITRIFICATION; NITRIFICATION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; BIOFILM REACTOR; BIOREACTOR; DEGRADATION; DENITRIFICATION; MOLECULE; NITRIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 13544261613     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2004.10.016     Document Type: Article

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