Enhanced nitrification in industrial wastewater after augmentation by soil nitrifying enrichments

International Journal of Environmental Technology and Management

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 489-496

  Nejidat, Ali ^a   Khaimov, Anna ^a   Ronen, Zeev ^a   Brenner, Asher ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Bioaugmentation; Industrial wastewater; Nitrification; Nitrosomonas; Soil nitrifying enrichment cultures

Indexed keywords

BIOFILMS; NITRIFICATION; PURIFICATION; SOILS; TOXIC MATERIALS; WATER TREATMENT;

BIOAUGMENTATION; ISOLATED STRAINS; NITROSOMONAS; SOIL NITRIFYING ENRICHMENT CULTURES;

INDUSTRIAL WASTES;

DESERT SOIL; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; NITRIFICATION; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER;

EID: 33748169266     PISSN: 14662132     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJETM.2006.010480     Document Type: Conference Paper

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