High-Rate Ferric Sulfate Generation by a Leptospirillium ferriphilum-Dominated Biofilm and the Role of Jarosite in Biomass Retainment in a Fluidized-Bed Reactor

Biotechnology and Bioengineering

Volumn 85, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 697-705

  Kinnunen, Päivi H M ^a   Puhakka, Jaakko A ^a  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Aeration gas; Biomass retainment; Iron oxidation; Jarosite precipitate; Leptospirillum ferriphilum

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; BIOMASS; ELECTROPHORESIS; FLUORESCENCE; HYDRAULICS; IRON COMPOUNDS; MICROORGANISMS; MIXTURES; OXIDATION; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL);

BIOMASS RETAINMENT; HYBRIDIZATION;

FLUIDIZED BED PROCESS;

ACTIVATED CARBON; DNA 16S; FERRIC SULFATE; IRON; OXYGEN;

AERATION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIOFILM; BIOMASS; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; DNA SEQUENCE; ENRICHMENT CULTURE; FLUIDIZED BED REACTOR; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; LEPTOSPIRILLUM FERRIPHILUM; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; OXYGEN SUPPLY; PHYLOGENY; PRECIPITATION;

BIOFILMS; BIOREACTORS; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; FERRIC COMPOUNDS; IRON; LEPTOSPIRA; METALLURGY; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; SOLUTIONS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SULFATES;

ACIDIPHILIUM; ACIDITHIOBACILLUS; ACIDITHIOBACILLUS FERROOXIDANS; FERROPLASMA; FERROPLASMA ACIDIPHILUM; LEPTOSPIRILLUM FERRIPHILUM;

EID: 1542724786     PISSN: 00063592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bit.20005     Document Type: Article

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