Removal of high NO3-concentrations in saline water through autotrophic denitrification by the bacterium Thiobacillus denitrificans strain MP

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 49, Issue 5-6, 2004, Pages 105-112

  Gu, J D ^a,b   Qiu, W ^a   Koenig, Albert ^a   Fan, Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Autotrophic denitrification; Dissolved oxygen; Inhibition; Retention time; Stoichiometry; Thiobacillus denitrifications MP

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; DENITRIFICATION; LIMESTONE; NEGATIVE IONS; PH EFFECTS; SALINE WATER; SATURATION (MATERIALS COMPOSITION); STOICHIOMETRY; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

AUTOTROPHIC DENITRIFICATION; COLUMN REACTORS;

NITROGEN OXIDES;

LIMESTONE; NITRATE; OXYGEN; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SULFUR; CALCIUM CARBONATE; NITROGEN;

BIOLOGICAL TREATMENT; BIOREACTOR; DENITRIFICATION; INHIBITION; LIMESTONE; SALINE WATER; STOICHIOMETRY;

ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; AUTOTROPHY; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOREACTOR; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DENITRIFICATION; HYDRAULIC PERMEABILITY; MANGROVE; MORPHOLOGY; OXYGEN SATURATION; PH; STOICHIOMETRY; THIOBACILLUS; THIOBACILLUS DENITRIFICANS; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER MANAGEMENT; FERMENTATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEWAGE; WATER FLOW;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); THIOBACILLUS; THIOBACILLUS DENITRIFICANS;

CALCIUM CARBONATE; FERMENTATION; NITRATES; NITROGEN; OXYGEN; SULFUR; THIOBACILLUS; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 2442547215     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2004.0743     Document Type: Article

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