Characterisation of microbial biocoenosis in vertical subsurface flow constructed wetlands

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 380, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 163-172

  Tietz, Alexandra ^a   Kirschner, Alexander ^b   Langergraber, Günter ^a   Sleytr, Kirsten ^a   Haberl, Raimund ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Bacterial production; Microbial biomass; Subsurface vertical flow constructed wetlands

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PRODUCTION; MICROBIAL BIOMASS; PILOT SCALE SUBSURFACE VERTICAL FLOW CONSTRUCTED WETLANDS (PSCW); SANDY FILTER MATERIALS;

BACTERIA; BIOMASS; FLOW OF FLUIDS; WATER FILTRATION;

WETLANDS;

CARBON 14 LEUCINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIOCOENOSIS; BIOFILM; BIOMASS; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; FILTER; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; SUBSURFACE FLOW; WASTEWATER;

ARTICLE; BIOFILM; CLAY; ENTEROCOCCUS; EPIFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FILTER; INFECTION CONTROL; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL BIOMASS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCTIVITY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SUBSTRATE INDUCED RESPIRATION; WASTE WATER; WETLAND;

BACTERIA; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIOMASS; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION; WETLANDS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI;

EID: 34249044151     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2006.11.034     Document Type: Article

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