Determination of the decay rate of nitrifying bacteria

Biotechnology and Bioengineering

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 252-262

  Salem, S ^a   Moussa, M S ^b   Van Loosdrecht, M C M ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b UNESCO IHE INSTITUTE FOR WATER EDUCATION   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Activated sludge; Ammonia oxidizers; Decay; Nitrification; Nitrite oxidizers

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS; AMMONIA; BACTERIA; GROWTH KINETICS; NITRIFICATION; OXIDATION;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; AMMONIA OXIDIZERS; NITRIFYING ORGANISMS; NITRITE OXIDIZERS;

DECAY (ORGANIC);

AMMONIA; DECAY ACCELERATING FACTOR; NITRITE;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL FLORA; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM EXAMINATION; BIOMASS PRODUCTION; BREATHING RATE; GROWTH RATE; INCUBATION TIME; NITRIFICATION; OXIDATION; PREDATOR; STARVATION; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY;

AMMONIA; BACTERIA; BACTERIA, ANAEROBIC; BIOREACTORS; CULTURE MEDIA; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; KINETICS; NITRITES; SEWAGE; TEMPERATURE; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 33744474033     PISSN: 00063592     EISSN: 10970290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bit.20822     Document Type: Article

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