Experimental and simulation analysis of community structure of nitrifying bacteria in a membrane-aerated biofilm

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 55, Issue 8-9, 2007, Pages 283-290

  Matsumoto, S ^a   Terada, A ^a   Aoi, Y ^a   Tsuneda, S ^a   Alpkvist, E ^b   Picioreanu, C ^c   van Loosdrecht, M C M ^c  

^a WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b MALMÖ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Biofilm model; Fluorescence in sity hybridization (FISH); Membrane aerated biofilm reactor (MABR); Two dimensional

Indexed keywords

BIOFILMS; BIOLOGICAL MEMBRANES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; FLUORESCENCE; LASER APPLICATIONS; SCANNING;

BIOFILM MODEL; CONFOCAL LASER SCANNING MICROSCOPY (CLSM); FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION (FISH); MEMBRANE AERATED BIOFILM (MAB); MEMBRANE-AERATED BIOFILM REACTOR (MABR);

BIOREACTORS;

BIOFILMS; BIOLOGICAL MEMBRANES; BIOREACTORS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; FLUORESCENCE; LASER APPLICATIONS; SCANNING;

BACTERIUM; BIOFILM; BIOREACTOR; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HYBRIDIZATION; MEMBRANE; NITRIFICATION; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SIMULATION; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

AEROBIC BACTERIUM; BACTERIUM COLONY; BIOFILM; BIOFILM REACTOR; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MICROELECTRODE; MICROENVIRONMENT; NITRIFICATION; NITRIFYING BACTERIUM; NITRITE OXIDIZING BACTERIUM; NITROBACTER; NITROSOSPIRA; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN SUPPLY; SIMULATION;

AMMONIA; BACTERIA; BIOFILMS; BIOPOLYMERS; BIOREACTORS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NITRITES; OXYGEN;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NITROBACTER SP.; NITROSOMONADALES; NITROSPIRA SP.;

EID: 34249730872     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2007.269     Document Type: Conference Paper

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