Performance of a substratum-irradiatad photosynthetic biofilm reactor for the removal of sulfide from wastewater

Biotechnology and Bioengineering

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 14-23

  Hurse, Timothy J ^a   Keller, Jurg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Green sulfur bacteria; Photosynthetic biofilm; Quantum requirement; Sulfide removal; Wastewater

Indexed keywords

BIOFILMS; ELECTRON IRRADIATION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

POLYSULFIDE FORMATION; SULFIDE REMOVAL;

BIOTECHNOLOGY;

SULFIDE; SULFUR;

ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOFILM; BIOFILM REACTOR; CHLOROBIUM; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; IRRADIATION; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHOTOTROPHIC BACTERIUM; STEADY STATE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; WASTE WATER; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; BIOREACTOR; BIOREMEDIATION; CHLOROBI; CYTOLOGY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LIGHT; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTANT;

CHLOROBI;

BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIOFILMS; BIOREACTORS; CHLOROBI; LIGHT; SULFIDES; SULFUR; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 3042736204     PISSN: 00063592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bit.20062     Document Type: Article

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