The characteristics of enriched nitrifier culture in the degradation of selected pharmaceutically active compounds

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 171, Issue 1-3, 2009, Pages 1051-1057

  Tran, Ngoc Han ^a   Urase, Taro ^b   Kusakabe, Osamu ^a  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Activated sludge; Degradation; Enriched nitrifier culture; Pharmaceuticals

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ALLYLTHIOUREA; AMMONIA OXIDIZING ACTIVITY; AMMONIUM CONCENTRATIONS; CARBAMAZEPINE; CLOFIBRIC ACID; CONVENTIONAL ACTIVATED SLUDGES; DEGRADATION EFFICIENCY; DICLOFENAC; ENRICHED NITRIFIER CULTURE; GROWTH SUBSTRATES; HETEROTROPHIC BACTERIAS; HETEROTROPHS; MONOOXYGENASES; OPERATING CONDITION; ORGANIC SUBSTRATE; PARTIAL DEGRADATION; PHARMACEUTICALLY ACTIVE COMPOUNDS; PHARMACEUTICALS; REMOVAL EFFICIENCIES;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS; AMIDES; AMMONIA; AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; BIOACTIVITY; BIODEGRADATION; DENITRIFICATION; DISPERSION COMPENSATION; DRUG PRODUCTS; NITRIFICATION; OXIDATION; REMOVAL;

DEGRADATION;

AMMONIA; CARBAMAZEPINE; CLOFIBRIC ACID; DICLOFENAC; FENOPROFEN; GEMFIBROZIL; IBUPROFEN; INDOMETACIN; KETOPROFEN; NAPROXEN; PROPYPHENAZONE; THIOUREA DERIVATIVE;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; BACTERIUM; BIODEGRADATION; DRUG; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NITRIFICATION;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ARTICLE; AUTOTROPHY; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CONCENTRATION PROCESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGRADATION KINETICS; ENRICHMENT CULTURE; HETEROTROPH; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NITRIFICATION; NITRIFYING BACTERIUM; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL;

ANTIPYRINE; BACTERIA; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIOREACTORS; CARBAMAZEPINE; CHEMISTRY, PHARMACEUTICAL; CLOFIBRIC ACID; DICLOFENAC; NITROGEN; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; SEWAGE; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 70349235368     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2009.06.114     Document Type: Article

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