Microbial structure of nitrifying granules and their estrogens degradation properties

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 59, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1855-1862

  Wang, X H ^a   Ivanov, V ^b  

^a CH2M Hill Singapore ^*  (Singapore)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Biodegradation; Estrogen; Microbial granules; Nitrification

Indexed keywords

16S RRNA; BATCH EXPERIMENTS; BIOMASS CONCENTRATIONS; CARBON-TO-NITROGEN RATIO; DEGRADATION RATE CONSTANTS; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTION; ESTROGEN; ETHYNYLESTRADIOL; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GRANULAR BIOMASS; MEAN DIAMETER; MICROBIAL GRANULES; MICROBIAL STRUCTURES; NATURAL ESTROGEN; NITRIFYING BACTERIA; NITRITE-OXIDIZING BACTERIA; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBES; PRODUCTION RATES; SEQUENCING BATCH REACTORS; SLUDGE VOLUME INDEX; STEADY STATE; SYNTHETIC STEROIDS;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS; AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; BACTERIA; BACTERIOLOGY; BATCH REACTORS; BIOLOGICAL WATER TREATMENT; DEGRADATION; DENITRIFICATION; EFFLUENTS; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GRANULATION; NITRIFICATION; OLIGONUCLEOTIDES; OXIDATION; RATE CONSTANTS; RNA; WASTEWATER;

BIODEGRADATION;

CARBON; ESTRADIOL; ESTRIOL; ESTROGEN; ESTRONE; NITRITE; NITROGEN; RIBOSOME RNA; RNA 16S;

AMMONIUM; BIODEGRADATION; BIOMASS; BIOREACTOR; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CARBON; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; ESTROGENIC COMPOUND; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NITRATE; NITRIFICATION; NITRIFYING BACTERIUM; NITRITE; NITROGEN; RNA; SLUDGE; STEROID; WASTEWATER;

ARTICLE; BATCH REACTOR; BIODEGRADATION; BIOMASS; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MICROORGANISM; NITRIFYING BACTERIUM; NITRITE OXIDIZING BACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBE; STEADY STATE; WASTE WATER; BACTERIUM; BIOREACTOR; BIOREMEDIATION; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY;

BACTERIA; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIOREACTORS; ESTRIOL; ESTROGENS; ESTRONE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; NITRITES; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S;

EID: 67651208046     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2009.218     Document Type: Article

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