Sulfate reduction at pH 4.0 for treatment of process and wastewaters

Biotechnology Progress

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1029-1037

  Bijmans, Martijn F M ^a,c   de Vries, Erik ^a   Yang, Chun Hui ^b   Buisman, Cees J N ^a   Lens, Piet N L ^a   Dopson, Mark ^b  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c EUROPEAN CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE FOR SUSTAINABLE WATER TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

High rate sulfate reduction; Low pH; Maintenance energy; Molecular phylogeny

Indexed keywords

16S RRNA GENE; BIOLOGICAL PROCESS; BIOLOGICAL TREATMENT; BIOMASS YIELD; DESULFOVIBRIO; ELECTRON DONORS; HIGH RATE; INDUSTRIAL PROCESSS; LOW PH; MAINTENANCE REQUIREMENT; MEMBRANE BIOREACTOR; METAL CONCENTRATIONS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES; MIXED CULTURES; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; PH HOMEOSTASIS; SPECIFIC ACTIVITY; SULFATE REDUCING; SULFATE REDUCING BACTERIA; SULFATE REDUCTION; VOLATILE SUSPENDED SOLIDS;

BIOCHEMICAL ENGINEERING; BIOLOGY; BIOREACTORS; INDUSTRIAL WATER TREATMENT; MAINTENANCE; MICROORGANISMS; REACTION KINETICS; RNA; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT);

RNA 16S; SULFATE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BIOREACTOR; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PH; PHYLOGENY; SEWAGE;

BACTERIA; BIOREACTORS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SULFATES; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DESULFOSPOROSINUS; DESULFOVIBRIO;

EID: 77956950865     PISSN: 87567938     EISSN: 15206033     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/btpr.400     Document Type: Article

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