Sorption and biodegradation of 17β-estradiol by acclimated aerobic activated sludge and isolation of the bacterial strain

Environmental Engineering Science

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 783-790

  Zeng, Qingling ^a   Li, Yongmei ^a   Gu, Guowei ^a   Zhao, Junming ^a   Zhang, Chaojie ^a   Luan, Jingfei ^b  

^a TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

17 estradiol; Activated sludge; Aerobic processes; Biodegradation; Kinetics; Sorption

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; AEROBIC CONDITIONS; AEROBIC PROCESSES; BACTERIAL STRAINS; BATCH EXPERIMENTS; BIODEGRADATION KINETICS; BIODEGRADATION RATES; EFFECT OF TEMPERATURES; ENERGY SOURCES; FIRST-ORDER REACTION RATE CONSTANTS; FIRST-ORDER REACTIONS; FREUNDLICH; LINEAR ISOTHERMS; MICRO-ORGANISMS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SOLE CARBONS; SORPTION CAPACITIES; SORPTION ISOTHERMS;

ACTIVATED CARBON; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; BACTERIOLOGY; BIOACTIVITY; BIOCHEMISTRY; DEGRADATION; ISOTHERMS; RATE CONSTANTS; REACTION KINETICS; SORPTION; THERMAL EFFECTS;

BIODEGRADATION;

CARBON; ESTRADIOL;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ACTIVATED SLUDGE; AEROBIC BACTERIUM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIODEGRADATION; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; ENERGY RESOURCE; ISOTHERM; MICROBIAL ATTENUATION; MICROORGANISM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER ABSORPTION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 63449115274     PISSN: 10928758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ees.2008.0116     Document Type: Article

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