Volatile fatty acid impacts on nitrite oxidation and carbon dioxide fixation in activated sludge

Water Research

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 665-674

  Oguz, Merve T ^a,b,c   Robinson, Kevin G ^a,b   Layton, Alice C ^b   Sayler, Gary S ^b  

^a University of Tennessee Knoxville   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^c ERCIYES UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

CO2 fixation; Nitrate formation; Nitrification; Nitrite removal; Volatile fatty acids

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; DENITRIFICATION; FATTY ACIDS; NITRATES; OXIDATION; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

MICROBIAL DENSITY; NITRATE FORMATION; NITRITE REMOVAL; VOLATILE FATTY ACIDS;

SEWAGE SLUDGE;

CARBON DIOXIDE; NITRATE; NITRITE; VOLATILE FATTY ACID;

CARBON DIOXIDE; DENITRIFICATION; FATTY ACIDS; NITRATES; OXIDATION; SEWAGE SLUDGE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CARBON DIOXIDE FIXATION; DENITRIFICATION; MICROORGANISM; NITROGEN UPTAKE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; POPULATION DENSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLUDGE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NITROSPIRA;

EID: 32544450155     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2005.12.010     Document Type: Article

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