Effect of an industrial waste water on the nitrification in fixed-bed biofilm reactors - Use of fluorescence in-situ hybridization (FISH)

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 49, Issue 11-12, 2004, Pages 91-97

  Hörsch, Philip ^a   Leve, J ^a   Frimmel, Fritz H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fluorescence in situ hybridization; Industrial waste water; Nitrification; Ozonation; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; BACTERIA; BIODEGRADATION; BIOREACTORS; NITRIFICATION; REFRACTORY MATERIALS;

BIOCENOSIS; FIXED BED BIOFILM REACTORS;

WASTEWATER;

ACETIC ACID; AMMONIA; FLUORESCENT DYE; NITRATE; NITRITE; PYRUVIC ACID;

BIOFILM; FIXED BED; NITRIFICATION; OZONATION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; BIOFILM REACTOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGRADATION; EPIFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FIXED BED REACTOR; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; NITRIFICATION; NONHUMAN; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBE; OXIDATION; OZONATION; SIMULATION; WASTE WATER; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 4344618246     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2004.0812     Document Type: Article

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