Implication of using different carbon sources for denitrification in wastewater treatments

Water Environment Research

Volumn 81, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 788-799

  Cherchi, Carla ^a   Onnis Hayden, Annalisa ^a   El Shawabkeh, Ibrahim ^a   Gu, April Z ^a  

^a Northeastern University   (United States)

Author keywords

Automated Ribosomal Intergenic Spacer Analysis; Biological nutrient removal; Biowin modeling; Carbon sources; Community structure; Denitrification; MicroC ; Nitrogen removal

Indexed keywords

BATCH REACTORS; EFFLUENT TREATMENT; EFFLUENTS; KINETICS; METHANOL; MICROORGANISMS; NITROGEN; NITROGEN REMOVAL; SOCIAL SCIENCES; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

BIOLOGICAL NUTRIENT REMOVAL; CARBON SOURCE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURES; DIFFERENT CARBON SOURCES; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY STRUCTURES; RIBOSOMAL INTERGENIC SPACER ANALYSIS; SEQUENCING BATCH REACTOR SYSTEMS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

DENITRIFICATION;

ACETIC ACID; METHANOL; MICROC; NITROGEN; SPACER DNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIOMASS; DENITRIFICATION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; REACTION KINETICS; TEMPORAL VARIATION; WASTE FACILITY; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BIOMASS; CARBON SOURCE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENITRIFICATION; DNA DETERMINATION; ELECTROPHORESIS; GROWTH RATE; KINETICS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NITRATE UPTAKE; NONHUMAN; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCING BATCH REACTOR; SIMULATION; SLUDGE; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

EID: 74549183570     PISSN: 10614303     EISSN: 15547531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2175/106143009X12465435982610     Document Type: Article

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