Enrichment of a K-strategist microbial population able to biodegrade p-nitrophenol in a sequencing batch reactor

Water Research

Volumn 43, Issue 15, 2009, Pages 3871-3883

  Martín Hernández, Mariángel ^a   Carrera, Julián ^a   Pérez, Julio ^a   Suárez Ojeda, María Eugenia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Biological treatment; Haldane kinetics; K strategist; Modelling; Oxygen uptake rate; p Nitrophenol

Indexed keywords

BATCH REACTORS; BIBLIOGRAPHIC RETRIEVAL SYSTEMS; BIOCHEMICAL ENGINEERING; BIOLOGICAL WATER TREATMENT; BIOMASS; KINETIC PARAMETERS; MODELS; PHENOLS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

BIBLIOGRAPHIC REFERENCES; BIOLOGICAL TREATMENT; HALDANE KINETICS; KINETIC CHARACTERIZATION; OXYGEN UPTAKE RATES; P-NITROPHENOL; SEQUENCING BATCH REACTORS; SPECIFIC OXYGEN UPTAKE RATE;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS;

4 NITROPHENOL;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; BIOASSAY; BIODEGRADATION; BIOREACTOR; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENRICHMENT; INHIBITION; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; OPTIMIZATION; OXIC CONDITIONS; PHENOL; REACTION KINETICS; REMOVAL EXPERIMENT; WASTEWATER;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; AEROBIC REACTOR; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; BIOMASS; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CONTROLLED STUDY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL KINETICS; MICROBIAL METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTOR MONITORING; RESPIROMETRY; SEQUENCING BATCH REACTOR; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT;

EID: 67651115832     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2009.06.001     Document Type: Article

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