Bacterial carbon utilization in vertical subsurface flow constructed wetlands

Water Research

Volumn 42, Issue 6-7, 2008, Pages 1622-1634

  Tietz, Alexandra ^a   Langergraber, Günter ^a   Watzinger, Andrea ^a   Haberl, Raimund ^a   Kirschner, Alexander K T ^b  

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

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Fungi; Leucine incorporation; Organic matter degradation; Phospholipid fatty acids; Vertical flow constructed wetlands

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BIOMASS; CARBON; EFFLUENT TREATMENT; NITROGEN; ORGANIC CARBON;

LEUCINE INCORPORATION; ORGANIC MATTER DEGRADATION; VERTICAL FLOW CONSTRUCTED WETLANDS;

WETLANDS;

CARBON; CARBON 14; LEUCINE; NITROGEN; ORGANIC MATTER;

BACTERIA; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BIOMASS; CARBON; EFFLUENT TREATMENT; NITROGEN; ORGANIC CARBON; WETLANDS;

BACTERIUM; BIOMASS; CATALYSIS; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ORGANIC MATTER; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; WASTEWATER;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BIOMASS; CARBON UTILIZATION; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; ISOTOPE LABELING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI;

EID: 40749098616     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2007.10.011     Document Type: Article

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