Sequential aeration of membrane-aerated biofilm reactors for high-rate autotrophic nitrogen removal: Experimental demonstration

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 44, Issue 19, 2010, Pages 7628-7634

  Pellicer Nàcher, Carles ^a   Sun, Shengpeng ^a,b   Lackner, Susanne ^a,d   Terada, Akihiko ^a,e   Schreiber, Frank ^c   Zhou, Qi ^b   Smets, Barth F ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^d Veolia Water Solutions & Technologies   (Germany)

^e TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

16S RRNA GENE; ANAEROBIC AMMONIUM OXIDATION; AUTOTROPHIC N-REMOVAL; AUTOTROPHIC NITROGEN REMOVAL; BIOFILM REACTORS; HIGH RATE; MEMBRANE-AERATED BIOFILM REACTORS; N REMOVAL; NITRITATION; NITRITE-OXIDIZING BACTERIA; NITROUS OXIDE; PROCESS EFFICIENCY; REAL-TIME QUANTITATIVE PCR; REMOVAL RATE;

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; BACTERIOLOGY; BIOFILMS; BIOFILTERS; BIOREACTORS; NITROGEN OXIDES; OXYGEN; RNA; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

NITROGEN REMOVAL;

AMMONIA; NITROGEN; NITROUS OXIDE; OXYGEN; RNA 16S;

AERATION; ANOXIC CONDITIONS; AUTOTROPHY; BACTERIUM; BIOFILM; MEMBRANE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NITROGEN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REAL TIME;

AERATION; ARTICLE; AUTOTROPHY; BIOFILM REACTOR; GENE SEQUENCE; NITRIFICATION; NITROUS OXIDE EMISSION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

AEROBIOSIS; ANAEROBIOSIS; BIOFILMS; BIOMASS; NITROGEN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S;

EID: 77957373799     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es1013467     Document Type: Article

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