Enhanced biodegradation of lopromide and trimethoprim in nitrifying activated sludge

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 40, Issue 23, 2006, Pages 7367-7373

  Batt, Angela L ^a   Kim, Sungpyo ^a   Aga, Diana S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADATION; DRUG PRODUCTS; EFFLUENTS; METABOLITES; NITRIFICATION;

ACTIVATED SLUDGES; LOPROMIDE; TRIMETHOPRIM;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS;

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CARBOXYLIC ACID; CONTRAST MEDIUM; IOPROMIDE; TRIMETHOPRIM; DRUG DERIVATIVE; IOHEXOL;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS; BIODEGRADATION; DRUG PRODUCTS; EFFLUENTS; METABOLITES; NITRIFICATION;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; BIODEGRADATION; BIOREMEDIATION; DRUG; NITRIFICATION; ORGANIC COMPOUND; PERSISTENCE; SURFACE WATER; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EFFLUENT; LABORATORY; METABOLITE; NITRIFICATION; OXIDATION; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT; BACTERIUM; BIOREMEDIATION; CHEMISTRY; KINETICS; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; SEWAGE; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; WATER POLLUTANT;

BACTERIA; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; IOHEXOL; KINETICS; SEWAGE; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; TRIMETHOPRIM; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 33845315108     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es060835v     Document Type: Article

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