Factors affecting the growth rates of ammonium and nitrite oxidizing bacteria

Chemosphere

Volumn 83, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 720-725

  Munz, Giulio ^a,b   Lubello, Claudio ^b   Oleszkiewicz, Jan A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Activated sludge modeling; Aging theory; Maximum specific growth rate; Nitrification kinetic parameters; Resource ratio theory; Solids retention time

Indexed keywords

DECAY (ORGANIC); GROWTH RATE; KINETIC PARAMETERS; NITRIFICATION;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE MODEL; AGING THEORIES; MAXIMUM SPECIFIC GROWTH RATES; NITRIFICATION KINETICS; RESOURCE RATIOS; SOLIDS RETENTION TIME;

AEROBIC BACTERIA;

AMMONIA; NITRITE;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; AGING; AMMONIUM; ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BACTERIUM; BIOMASS; DENITRIFICATION; GROWTH RATE; NITRITE; OXIC CONDITIONS; OXIDATION; RETENTION; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; WASTEWATER;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; AEROBIC REACTOR; ALTERNATING REACTOR; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BIOMASS; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; DENITRIFICATION; GROWTH RATE; NITRIFICATION; NONHUMAN; SEQUENCING BATCH REACTOR; TEMPERATURE; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

EID: 79953099453     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2011.01.058     Document Type: Article

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