Nitrate-reducing, sulfide-oxidizing bacteria as microbial oxidants for rapid biological sulfide removal

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 151-161

  De Gusseme, Bart ^a   De Schryver, Peter ^a   De Cooman, Michaël ^a   Verbeken, Kim ^a   Boeckx, Pascal ^a   Verstraete, Willy ^a   Boon, Nico ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Biologically produced sulfur; Electron sink; H 2S production; Microbially induced concrete corrosion (MICC); Nitrate reduction; Sulfate reduction

Indexed keywords

HYDROGEN SULFIDE; SULFIDE;

BACTERIUM; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; NITRATE; OXIDANT; REMOVAL EXPERIMENT; STABLE ISOTOPE; SULFIDE;

ARCOBACTER; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESULFURIZATION; FRESHWATER SPECIES; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL CORROSION; NITRATE REDUCING BACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OXIDATION; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEWER; STIRRED REACTOR; SULFUR OXIDIZING BACTERIUM;

ARCOBACTER; BACTERIA, ANAEROBIC; BIOREACTORS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CULTURE MEDIA; ECOSYSTEM; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NITRATES; OXIDANTS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEWAGE; SULFIDES; TIME FACTORS;

ARCOBACTER SP. SOLAR LAKE;

EID: 57449107072     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: 15746941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2008.00598.x     Document Type: Article

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