Nitrogen removal performance and microbial community structure dynamics response to carbon nitrogen ratio in a compact suspended carrier biofilm reactor

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 256-262

  Xia, Siqing ^a   Li, Junying ^a   Wang, Rongchang ^a  

^a BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

Author keywords

Denaturing gel gradient electrophoresis (DGGE); Fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH); Microbial community structure; Ratio of carbon to nitrogen (C N); Simultaneous nitrification and denitrification (SND); Suspended carrier biofilm reactor (SCBR)

Indexed keywords

BIOFILMS; CARBON; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; DENITRIFICATION; ELECTROPHORESIS; MICROBIAL FUEL CELLS; NITRIFICATION; NUTRIENTS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

DENATURING GEL GRADIENT ELECTROPHORESIS (DGGE); FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; SUSPENDED CARRIER BIOFILM REACTOR (SCBR);

NITROGEN REMOVAL;

BIOFILMS; CARBON; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; DENITRIFICATION; ELECTROPHORESIS; MICROBIAL FUEL CELLS; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN REMOVAL; NUTRIENTS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

BIOFILM; BIOREACTOR; CARBON; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NITRIFYING BACTERIUM; NITROGEN; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; REMOVAL EXPERIMENT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NITROSOMONADALES;

EID: 39149145471     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2007.11.013     Document Type: Article

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