Methanol removal efficiency and bacterial diversity of an activated carbon biofilter

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 100, Issue 24, 2009, Pages 6207-6216

  Babbitt, Callie W ^a   Pacheco, Adriana ^b   Lindner, Angela S ^c  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING AND SCIENCES   (Mexico)

^c University of Florida   (United States)

Author keywords

Activated carbon; Biofilter; Denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (DGGE); Methanol; Pulp and paper mill emission controls

Indexed keywords

AIR STREAMS; BACTERIAL DIVERSITY; BIOFILTRATION SYSTEMS; CONTROL TECHNOLOGIES; DEGRADING BACTERIA; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS (DGGE); DIVERSE COMMUNITY; ENVIRONMENTALLY-FRIENDLY; LOADING RATE; PCR-DGGE; PHYLOGENETIC ANALYSIS; PROTEOBACTERIA; PULP AND PAPER INDUSTRY; PULP AND PAPER MILL EMISSION CONTROLS; REMOVAL EFFICIENCIES; SPATIAL REGIONS; VARIABLE OPERATING CONDITION;

AIR FILTERS; BACTERIA; BACTERIOLOGY; BIOFILTERS; BIOFILTRATION; CHARCOAL; ELECTROPHORESIS; GELATION; GELS; METHANOL; PAPER AND PULP INDUSTRY; PAPER AND PULP MILLS; PAPERMAKING MACHINERY; PULP; PULP MANUFACTURE; REMOVAL; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ACTIVATED CARBON;

ACTIVATED CARBON; METHANOL;

ACTIVATED CARBON; BIOFILTRATION; EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; METHANOL; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; OXIDATION; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PHYLOGENETICS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PULP AND PAPER INDUSTRY; REMOVAL EXPERIMENT;

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BIODEGRADATION; BIODIVERSITY; BIOFILTRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEOBACTERIA;

BACTERIA; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIODIVERSITY; CHARCOAL; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CULTURE MEDIA; DNA, BACTERIAL; FILTRATION; METHANOL; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S;

AIR FILTERS; BACTERIA; BACTERIOLOGY; CARBON; CHARCOAL; ELECTROPHORESIS; EMISSION; GELATION; GELS; METHANOL; PAPER MACHINES; PAPER MILLS; PULP MILLS;

ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HYPHOMICROBIUM; METHYLOCELLA; METHYLOPHILUS; PROTEOBACTERIA;

EID: 69049098730     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2009.06.110     Document Type: Article

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