Reduction of bromate in groundwater with an ex situ suspended growth bioreactor

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 52, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 265-273

  Butler, R ^a   Godley, A R ^b   Lake, R ^c   Lytton, L ^c   Cartmell, E ^a  

^a CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b WRC PLC   (United Kingdom)

^c Veolia Eau Compagnie Generale des Eaux   (France)

Author keywords

Bioremediation; Bromate; Chemostat; Ex situ; Groundwater

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIOREACTORS; BROMINE COMPOUNDS; CARBON; CHEMOSTATS; DENITRIFICATION; GLUCOSE; GROUNDWATER;

BROMATE; EX SITU SUSPENDED GROWTH BIOREACTOR; SPECIFIC REDUCTION RATES;

BIOREMEDIATION;

BROMATE; BROMIDE; GLUCOSE; GROUND WATER;

BACTERIA; BIOREACTORS; BIOREMEDIATION; BROMINE COMPOUNDS; CARBON; CHEMOSTATS; DENITRIFICATION; GLUCOSE; GROUNDWATER;

BIOREMEDIATION; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; POLLUTANT REMOVAL;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOREACTOR; BIOREMEDIATION; CHEMOSTAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENITRIFICATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MICROBIAL POPULATION DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; REDUCTION KINETICS; STEADY STATE; WATER POLLUTION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 31344482349     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2005.0334     Document Type: Article

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