Comparison of partial and full nitrification processes applied for treating high-strength nitrogen wastewaters: Microbial ecology through nitrous oxide production

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 45, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 2734-2740

  Ahn, Joon Ho ^a   Kwan, Tiffany ^a   Chandran, Kartik ^a  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

16S RRNA; AMMONIA OXIDIZING BACTERIA; BIOKINETICS; BIOLOGICAL NITROGEN REMOVAL; ENERGY DEMANDS; HIGH-STRENGTH; LAB-SCALE BIOREACTORS; MICROBIAL ECOLOGY; MONOOXYGENASES; NITRIFICATION PROCESS; NITRITE-OXIDIZING BACTERIA; NITROUS OXIDE; NITROUS OXIDE PRODUCTION; NO EMISSIONS; PARTIAL NITRIFICATION; RESPIRATION RATE;

AMMONIA; ANESTHETICS; BACTERIOLOGY; DENITRIFICATION; ECOLOGY; ENERGY MANAGEMENT; GENE EXPRESSION; NITRIC OXIDE; NITROGEN OXIDES; NITROGEN REMOVAL; OPERATING COSTS; OXIDATION; PHYSIOLOGY; RNA; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

NITRIFICATION;

NITRIC OXIDE; NITROGEN; NITROUS OXIDE; UNSPECIFIC MONOOXYGENASE;

BACTERIUM; BIOREACTOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; LABORATORY METHOD; MICROBIAL ECOLOGY; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIFICATION; NITROUS OXIDE; OPTIMIZATION; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; RESPIRATION; WASTEWATER;

ARTICLE; BIOREACTOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; FULL NITRIFICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; NITRIFICATION; NONHUMAN; PARTIAL NITRIFICATION; RNA SEQUENCE; WASTE WATER; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

AMMONIA; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BIOREACTORS; ECOLOGY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NITRIFICATION; NITROUS OXIDE; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

NITROSOMONADALES;

EID: 79953239093     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es103534g     Document Type: Article

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