Effect of environmental conditions on sulfate reduction with methane as electron donor by an Eckernförde Bay enrichment

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 43, Issue 17, 2009, Pages 6553-6559

  Meulepas, Roel J W ^a,b   Jagersma, Christian G ^a   Khadem, Ahmad F ^c   Buisman, Cees J N ^a   Stams, Alfons J M ^a   Lens, Piet N L ^a,b  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNESCO IHE INSTITUTE FOR WATER EDUCATION   (Netherlands)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANAEROBIC OXIDATION OF METHANES; CARBON CYCLES; ELECTRON ACCEPTOR; ELECTRON DONORS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; MARINE MICROORGANISM; MEMBRANE BIOREACTOR; METAL COMPOUNDS; METAL PRECIPITATION; OPTIMAL TEMPERATURE; OPTIMUM PH; SULFATE REDUCING; SULFATE REDUCTION; WASTE STREAM;

BIOREACTORS; ELECTRONS; METHANE; MICROORGANISMS; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); SPECTRUM ANALYZERS; SULFUR; WINDOWS;

METAL RECOVERY;

METAL DERIVATIVE; METHANE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SULFATE; SULFIDE; SULFITE; THIOSULFATE;

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; METHANE; METHANOGENIC BACTERIUM; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; OXIDATION; PH; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; RECYCLING; REDUCTION; SALINITY; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS; SULFATE; WASTE TREATMENT;

ACIDITY; ANAEROBIC METABOLISM; ARTICLE; BIOREACTOR; CARBON CYCLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; IN VITRO STUDY; LOW TEMPERATURE; OXIDATION; PRECIPITATION; PROCESSING; REDUCTION; SALINITY; SEDIMENT; STREAM (RIVER); TEMPERATURE; WASTE WATER; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

ANAEROBIOSIS; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIOREACTORS; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; METHANE; MODELS, CHEMICAL; OCEANS AND SEAS; SALINITY; SEAWATER; SULFATES; SULFIDES; TEMPERATURE; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 69549106490     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es900633c     Document Type: Article

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