Impact of selected pollutants in synthetic industrial wastewater on nitrifying biofilms in fixed bed biofilm reactors-visualized with fluorescence in-situ hybridization

Analytical Letters

Volumn 40, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1473-1486

  Haseborg, E Ter ^a   Frimmel, F H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Clofibrinic acid; DOC; Fluorescence in situ hybridization; Ibuprofen; Nitrification; Pollutant; Salinity (chloride); Wastewater treatment

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BETAPROTEOBACTERIA;

EID: 34249883918     PISSN: 00032719     EISSN: 1532236X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00032710701327120     Document Type: Article

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