Characterization, morphology and composition of biofilm and precipitates from a sulphate-reducing fixed-bed reactor

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 153, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 514-524

  Remoundaki, Emmanouela ^a   Kousi, Pavlina ^a   Joulian, Catherine ^b   Battaglia Brunet, Fabienne ^b   Hatzikioseyian, Artin ^a   Tsezos, Marios ^a  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b BRGM   (France)

Author keywords

Amorphous phases; dsrAB gene diversity; Fixed bed reactor; Iron sulphides; Sulphate reducing bacteria; Zinc sulphides

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS PHASES; FIXED-BED REACTOR; SULPHATE-REDUCING BACTERIA;

CHEMICAL REACTORS; ENERGY DISPERSIVE SPECTROSCOPY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

BIOFILMS;

FERROUS SULFIDE; IRON; MARCASITE; SULFATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WURTZITE; ZINC; ZINC SULFIDE;

BIOFILMS; CHEMICAL REACTORS; ENERGY DISPERSIVE SPECTROSCOPY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

BACTERIUM; BIOFILM; BIOREACTOR; GENE; IRON SULFIDE; MINERALOGY; MORPHOLOGY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SULFATE-REDUCING BACTERIUM; X-RAY DIFFRACTION; ZINC;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BIOFILM; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; FIXED BED REACTOR; PARTICLE SIZE; PH; PROTEOBACTERIA; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BIOFILMS; BIOREACTORS; FERROUS COMPOUNDS; GENES, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PRECIPITATION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SULFATES; SULFIDES; SULFUR-REDUCING BACTERIA; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; ZINC COMPOUNDS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DELTAPROTEOBACTERIA;

EID: 40949134192     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2007.08.094     Document Type: Article

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