High-rate acidophilic ferrous iron oxidation in a biofilm airlift reactor and the role of the carrier material

Biotechnology and Bioengineering

Volumn 90, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 462-472

  Ebrahimi, Sirous ^a,b   Fernandez Morales F J ^a,c   Kleerebezem, R ^a   Heijnen, J J ^a   Van Loosdrecht, M C M ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b SAHAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CASTILLA LA MANCHA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans; Airlift bioreactor; Biofilm; Ferrous iron; Granular sludge; Leptospirillum ferrooxidans

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIOFILMS; BIOREACTORS; FLUORESCENCE; GRANULAR MATERIALS; IRON; MASS TRANSFER; PH EFFECTS; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); SEWAGE SLUDGE;

BIOFILM AIRLIFT REACTORS; CARRIER MATERIALS; FERROUS IRON OXIDATION; LEPTOSPIRILLUM FERROOXIDANS;

OXIDATION;

FERROUS ION;

ACIDITHIOBACILLUS FERROOXIDANS; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BINDING COMPETITION; BIOFILM AIRLIFT REACTOR; BIOFILM REACTOR; BIOLEACHING; DISSOLUTION; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; IMMOBILIZATION; IRON KINETICS; LEPTOSPIRILLUM; LEPTOSPIRILLUM FERROOXIDANS; MATERIALS; MIXED CELL CULTURE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION KINETICS; PH MEASUREMENT; PRECIPITATION; REACTION OPTIMIZATION; SLUDGE; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

ACIDITHIOBACILLUS; BIOFILMS; BIOREACTORS; FERROUS COMPOUNDS; INDUSTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY; OXIDATION-REDUCTION;

ACIDITHIOBACILLUS FERROOXIDANS; LEPTOSPIRILLUM FERROOXIDANS;

EID: 20344406238     PISSN: 00063592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bit.20448     Document Type: Article

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