Azo dye reduction by thermophilic anaerobic granular sludge, and the impact of the redox mediator anthraquinone-2,6-disulfonate (AQDS) on the reductive biochemical transformation

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 62-69

  Dos Santos, A B ^a   Cervantes, F J ^b   Van Lier, J B ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b INSTITUTO TECNOLÓGICO DE SONORA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; ANTHRAQUINONE 2,6 DISULFONATE; ANTHRAQUINONE DERIVATIVE; AROMATIC NITRO COMPOUND; AZO DYE; METHANE; PROPIONIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIODEGRADATION; DYE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY;

ANAEROBIC METABOLISM; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CHEMICAL REACTION; COLOR; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; DECOLORIZATION; DEHALOGENATION; INOCULATION; OXIDATION; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; REACTION ANALYSIS; REDUCTION; SAMPLE; SLUDGE; SYNTHESIS; TECHNIQUE; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

ACETIC ACID; ANAEROBIOSIS; ANTHRAQUINONES; AZO COMPOUNDS; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIOREACTORS; COLORING AGENTS; FATTY ACIDS, VOLATILE; GLUCOSE; KINETICS; METHANE; NAPHTHALENESULFONATES; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PROPIONIC ACIDS; SEWAGE; TEMPERATURE; TEXTILE INDUSTRY; TRIAZINES; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 1642361192     PISSN: 01757598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00253-003-1428-y     Document Type: Article

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