Long term performance of an arsenite-oxidizing-chlorate-reducing microbial consortium in an upflow anaerobic sludge bed (UASB) bioreactor

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 102, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 5010-5016

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

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

Arsenite oxidation; Bioremediation; Chlorate reduction; Clone library; UASB bioreactor

Indexed keywords

16S RRNA GENE; ANAEROBIC ENVIRONMENT; ANAEROBIC SLUDGE; ARSENIC CONTAMINATION; ARSENITE OXIDATION; CHLORATE REDUCTION; CLONE LIBRARY; ENRICHMENT CULTURE; HIGH CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; LONG TERM PERFORMANCE; MICROBIAL CONSORTIA; MOLAR RATIO; REDUCING CAPACITY; STENOTROPHOMONAS; TERMINAL ELECTRON ACCEPTORS; UASB BIOREACTOR; UPFLOW ANAEROBIC SLUDGE BED BIOREACTORS; VOLUMETRIC LOADING;

ARSENIC; BIODEGRADATION; BIOREMEDIATION; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CLONING; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; GENES; OXIDATION; POLLUTION; RNA;

BIOREACTORS;

ARSENIC ACID; ARSENIC TRIOXIDE; CHLORATE; RNA 16S;

ARSENITE; BACTERIUM; BIOREACTOR; BIOREMEDIATION; CHLORINE; CLONE; ELECTRON; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; OXIDATION; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; SLUDGE; SUSTAINABILITY; TRANSFORMATION;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BIOREMEDIATION; COMAMONADACEAE; ENRICHMENT CULTURE; MICROBIAL CONSORTIUM; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STENOTROPHOMONAS; UPFLOW ANAEROBIC SLUDGE BED BIOREACTOR; UPFLOW REACTOR;

ARSENITES; BIOREACTORS; CHLORATES; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEWAGE;

COMAMONADACEAE; DECHLOROMONAS; STENOTROPHOMONAS;

EID: 79952534227     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2011.01.069     Document Type: Article

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