Bioaugmentation of activated sludge towards 3-chloroaniline removal with a mixed bacterial population carrying a degradative plasmid

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 100, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2902-2909

  Bathe, Stephan ^a,b   Schwarzenbeck, Norbert ^a,c   Hausner, Martina ^a,d  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

^c NOVARTIS PHARMA AG   (Switzerland)

^d RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

3 Chloroaniline degradation; Bioaugmentation; Comamonas testosteroni; Plasmid pNB2; Semicontinuous activated sludge reactor

Indexed keywords

3-CHLOROANILINE DEGRADATION; BIOAUGMENTATION; COMAMONAS TESTOSTERONI; PLASMID PNB2; SEMICONTINUOUS ACTIVATED SLUDGE REACTOR;

ANILINE; BIOACTIVITY; BIOFILMS; BIOFILTERS; ISOMERS;

DEGRADATION;

ANILINE DERIVATIVE;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; BACTERIUM; BIOFILM; DEGRADATION; PLASMID;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOFILM REACTOR; COMAMONAS TESTOSTERONI; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANILINE COMPOUNDS; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; COMAMONAS TESTOSTERONI; GENETIC ENHANCEMENT; PLASMIDS; SEWAGE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); COMAMONAS TESTOSTERONI;

EID: 62649147801     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2009.01.060     Document Type: Article

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