Bioaugmentation of UASB reactors with immobilized Sulfurospirillum barnesii for simultaneous selenate and nitrate removal

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 377-388

  Lenz, Markus ^a,b   Enright, Anne Marie ^c   O'Flaherty, Vincent ^c   Van Aelst, Adriaan C ^a   Lens, Piet N L ^d  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES AND ARTS NORTHWESTERN SWITZERLAND   (Switzerland)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^d UNESCO IHE INSTITUTE FOR WATER EDUCATION   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bioprecipitation; Denitrification; Dissimilatory selenium reduction; Drainage water treatment; Whole cell immobilization

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL STRAINS; BIO AUGMENTATIONS; BIOPRECIPITATION; CHEMICAL-OXYGEN DEMANDS; CONTROL REACTORS; DISSIMILATORY SELENIUM REDUCTION; EFFLUENT CONCENTRATIONS; ELECTRON DONORS; ENERGY-DISPERSIVE X-RAYS; GEL IMMOBILIZATIONS; GEL SURFACES; HYDRAULIC RETENTION TIME; LONG-TERM OPERATIONS; MESOPHILIC; MICROBIAL COMPETITIONS; MOLAR EXCESS; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; NITRATE REMOVALS; ORGANIC LOADING RATES; POLYACRYLAMIDE GELS; REDUCING ACTIVITIES; REMOVAL EFFICIENCIES; SELENATE REMOVALS; SEM-EDX; SYNTHETIC WASTEWATERS; UASB REACTORS; UP-FLOW ANAEROBIC SLUDGE BED REACTORS; WHOLE-CELL IMMOBILIZATION;

BIOLOGICAL WATER TREATMENT; BIOREACTORS; CELL MEMBRANES; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); COMPETITION; DENITRIFICATION; EFFLUENTS; GELATION; GELS; INDUSTRIAL CHEMICALS; NITRATES; OXYGEN; POLYMERS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SELENIUM; SELENIUM COMPOUNDS; SULFUR; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER DISPOSAL;

CELL IMMOBILIZATION;

NITRATE; NITRITE; OXYGEN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; SELENATE; SELENIUM; SULFATE; SULFUR;

BIOREACTOR; CELL ORGANELLE; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DENITRIFICATION; DRAINAGE; EFFLUENT; INOCULATION; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; NITRATE; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SLUDGE; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOREACTOR; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; EFFLUENT; ENERGY; GEL; IMMOBILIZED CELL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEOBACTERIA; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SLUDGE; SULFUROSPIRILLUM BARNESII; UPFLOW REACTOR; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WASTE WATER; X RAY;

BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIOREACTORS; CELLS, IMMOBILIZED; EPSILONPROTEOBACTERIA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NITRATES; PHYLOGENY; SELENIUM COMPOUNDS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); SULFUROSPIRILLUM BARNESII;

EID: 67349167370     PISSN: 01757598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00253-009-1915-x     Document Type: Article

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