Kinetic parameters and inhibition response of ammonia-and nitrite-oxidizing bacteria in membrane bioreactors and conventional activated sludge processes

Environmental Technology

Volumn 31, Issue 14, 2010, Pages 1557-1564

  Munz, G ^a   Mori, G ^b   Vannini, C ^c   Lubello, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b CEntro Ricerca Reflui Conciari   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

ammonia oxidizing bacteria (AOB); membrane bioreactor (MBR); nitrification kinetics; nitrifiers inhibition; nitrite oxidizing bacteria (NOB)

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; BACTERIOLOGY; BIOCONVERSION; BIOLOGICAL WATER TREATMENT; BIOREACTORS; DENITRIFICATION; NITRIFICATION; OXIDATION; PILOT PLANTS; WASTEWATER;

AMMONIA OXIDIZING BACTERIA; MEMBRANE BIOREACTOR (MBR); NITRIFICATION KINETICS; NITRIFIERS INHIBITION; NITRITE-OXIDIZING BACTERIA;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS;

AMMONIA; NITRITE; THIOUREA;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; AMMONIUM; BACTERIUM; BIOMASS; BIOMONITORING; BIOREACTOR; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); GROWTH RATE; INHIBITION; INHIBITOR; MEMBRANE; NITRIFICATION; NITRITE; OXIDATION; PARAMETERIZATION; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; REACTION KINETICS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIVERSITY; WASTEWATER;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; AMMONIA OXIDIZING BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); GROWTH RATE; KINETICS; MEMBRANE REACTOR; NITRIFICATION; NITRITE OXIDIZING BACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; PLANT; SOLID; TITRIMETRY; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

NITROSOMONADALES;

EID: 78649759154     PISSN: 09593330     EISSN: 1479487X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09593331003793828     Document Type: Article

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