Evaluating heterotrophic growth in a nitrifying biofilm reactor using fluorescence in situ hybridization and mathematical modeling

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 52, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 135-141

  Nogueira, Regina ^a   Elenter, D ^b   Brito, A ^a   Melo, L F ^d   Wagner, M ^e   Morgenroth, E ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

^b University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^d Instit Superior de Eng do Porto   (Portugal)

^e UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Biofilm; Fluorescence in situ hybridization; Mathematical modeling; Nitrification

Indexed keywords

BIOFILMS; BIOMASS; BIOREACTORS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FILM GROWTH; FLUORESCENCE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS);

CONFOCAL LASER SCANNING MICROSCOPY (CLSM); DIGITAL IMAGE ANALYSIS; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; HETEROTROPHIC GROWTH; HYDRAULIC RETENTION TIME; NITRIFYING BIOFILM REACTORS; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBES;

NITRIFICATION;

AMMONIA; NITRITE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; RIBOSOME RNA;

BIOREACTOR;

ARTICLE; AUTOTROPHY; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BIOFILM REACTOR; BIOMASS; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY RESOURCE; EXPERIMENTATION; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; HETEROTROPHY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; NITRIFICATION; NONHUMAN; OBSERVATION; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBE; OXIDATION; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; PREDICTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SIMULATION; SUSPENSION; THICKNESS; TIME;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 28244476368     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2005.0192     Document Type: Article

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