The role of denitrification on arsenite oxidation and arsenic mobility in an anoxic sediment column model with activated alumina

Biotechnology and Bioengineering

Volumn 107, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 786-794

  Sun, Wenjie ^a   Sierra Alvarez, Reyes ^a   Field, Jim A ^a  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

Activated alumina; Adsorption; Arsenite; Attenuation; Denitrification; Oxidation

Indexed keywords

AEROBIC CONDITION; ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; ARSENIC MOBILITY; ARSENITE; ARSENITE OXIDATION; AS SPECIATION; ATTENUATION; DENITRIFYING BACTERIA; ELECTRON ACCEPTOR; IRON METAL; MICROBIAL OXIDATION; NATURAL ATTENUATION; OXIDE PARTICLES; PH CONDITION; REDUCING ENVIRONMENT; SEDIMENT COLUMN; SOLID-PHASE; SUBSURFACE ENVIRONMENT;

ACTIVATED ALUMINA; ADSORPTION; ARSENIC; BACTERIA; BIOREMEDIATION; CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS; DENITRIFICATION; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; OXIDATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS;

ALUMINA;

ALUMINUM; ARSENIC; GROUND WATER; METAL OXIDE; NITRATE;

ARTICLE; BIOREMEDIATION; DENITRIFICATION; EFFLUENT; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; OXYGEN CONCENTRATION; PH; SEDIMENT;

ALUMINUM OXIDE; ARSENIC; ARSENITES; BACTERIA; BIOREACTORS; DENITRIFICATION; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; NITRATES; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; TIME FACTORS; WATER POLLUTANTS;

EID: 77958603367     PISSN: 00063592     EISSN: 10970290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bit.22883     Document Type: Article

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