Assessment of toxicity of tetrahydrofuran on the microbial community in activated sludge

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 101, Issue 14, 2010, Pages 5213-5221

  Yao, Yanlai ^a   Guan, Jian ^a   Tang, Peng ^a   Jiao, Huipeng ^a   Lin, Cheng ^a   Wang, Jingjing ^a   Lu, Zhenmei ^a   Min, Hang ^a   Gao, Haichun ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Activated sludge; Enzyme activity; Microbial community structure; Microbial diversity; Tetrahydrofuran

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ACUTE TOXICITY; COMMUNITY STRUCTURES; CULTURABLE BACTERIA; DEHYDROGENASE ACTIVITY; DOSE-DEPENDENT; INDUSTRIAL WASTEWATERS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY ANALYSIS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY STRUCTURES; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; PCR-DGGE; REMOVAL RATE; TETRA-HYDROFURAN; TETRAHYDROFURANS; TOTAL ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; TOXIC SUBSTANCES;

BIOACTIVITY; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ENZYMES; INDUSTRIAL WATER TREATMENT; SOCIAL SCIENCES; TOXICITY; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ENZYME ACTIVITY;

CATALASE; GLUCOSE; ORGANIC CARBON; OXIDOREDUCTASE; PHOSPHATASE; PROTEINASE; TETRAHYDROFURAN; UREASE; FURAN DERIVATIVE; ORGANIC COMPOUND; SEWAGE; WATER POLLUTANT;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ASSESSMENT METHOD; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FURAN; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TOXICITY;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ASSAY; FUNGUS CULTURE; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLUDGE; TOXICITY TESTING; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; PHYLOGENY; PROCEDURES; SEWAGE; TOXICITY; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTANT;

CATALASE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FURANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MICROBIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; OXIDOREDUCTASES; PHOSPHORIC MONOESTER HYDROLASES; PHYLOGENY; SEWAGE; UREASE; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI;

EID: 77950341713     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2010.02.051     Document Type: Article

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