Operational and microbiological aspects of a bioaugmented two-stage biotrickling filter removing hydrogen sulfide and dimethyl sulfide

Biotechnology and Bioengineering

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 259-269

  Sercu, B ^a   Nunez D ^b   Van Langenhove, Herman ^a   Aroca, G ^b   Verstraete, W ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE VALPARAÍSO   (Chile)

Author keywords

Biotrickling filter; Denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis; Dimethyl sulfide; Hydrogen sulfide; Inoculation

Indexed keywords

BIOFILMS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; MICROORGANISMS; PH EFFECTS;

BIOTRICKLING FILTER; DIMETHYL SULFIDE (DMS); MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; STARVATION;

MICROBIOLOGY;

DIMETHYL SULFIDE; HYDROGEN SULFIDE;

ACIDITHIOBACILLUS THIOOXIDANS; ARTICLE; BIOFILM; BIOFILTER; BIOREACTOR; BIOTRICKLING FILTER; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; ELIMINATION REACTION; HYPHOMICROBIUM; HYPOMICROBIUM VS; INCUBATION TIME; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MICROFLORA; NONHUMAN; PH; PLANKTON; STARVATION; TWO STAGE BIOTRICKLING FILTER;

ACIDITHIOBACILLUS THIOOXIDANS; BIOFILMS; BIOREACTORS; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; SULFIDES;

EID: 17644371976     PISSN: 00063592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bit.20443     Document Type: Article

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