Empirical model of the pH dependence of the maximum specific nitrification rate

Process Biochemistry

Volumn 42, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1671-1676

  Park, Seongjun ^a   Bae, Wookeun ^a   Chung, Jinwook ^b   Baek, Seung Cheon ^a  

^a Hanyang University   (South Korea)

^b Samsung Engineering Co Ltd   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Ammonium oxidizing bacteria (AOB); Empirical model; Maximum specific substrate utilization rate; Nitrite oxidizing bacteria (NOB); pH

Indexed keywords

ALKALINITY; AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; NITRIFICATION; OXIDATION; PH EFFECTS;

AMMONIUM OXIDIZING BACTERIA; COSINE FUNCTIONS; EMPIRICAL MODELS; MAXIMUM SPECIFIC SUBSTRATE UTILIZATION RATES; NITRITE OXIDATIONS; NITRITE OXIDIZING BACTERIA;

BACTERIA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 36049041371     PISSN: 13595113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.procbio.2007.09.010     Document Type: Article

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