Identification of nitrifiers and nitrification performance in drinking water biological activated carbon (BAC) filtration

Process Biochemistry

Volumn 45, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1543-1549

  Yapsakli, Kozet ^a   Mertoglu, Bulent ^a   Çeçen, Ferhan ^b  

^a MARMARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b BOGAZICI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Biological activated carbon; Nitrification; Real time PCR; Slot blot hybridization

Indexed keywords

16S RDNA; AMMONIA OXIDIZING BACTERIA; BENEFICIAL EFFECTS; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVATED CARBON; BLOT ANALYSIS; DRINKING WATER; GRANULAR ACTIVATED CARBONS; ISTANBUL; LABORATORY SCALE; MOLECULAR TECHNIQUES; NITRITE-OXIDIZING BACTERIA; NITROSOMONAS; NITROSPIRA SPP; OZONATED WATER; PRE-OZONATION; RAW WATER; REAL-TIME PCR; REMOVAL EFFICIENCIES; SURFACE WATER RESERVOIR;

AMMONIA; BACTERIA; BACTERIOLOGY; BIOFILTRATION; CLONING; DENITRIFICATION; NITRIFICATION; OXIDATION; OZONE; OZONE WATER TREATMENT; OZONIZATION; POTABLE WATER; REMOVAL; RESERVOIRS (WATER); SURFACE WATERS; WATER FILTRATION;

ACTIVATED CARBON;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NITROSOMONADALES; NITROSOMONAS; NITROSPIRA;

EID: 77955052133     PISSN: 13595113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.procbio.2010.06.004     Document Type: Article

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