Overcoming substrate inhibition during biological treatment of monoaromatics: Recent advances in bioprocess design

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 90, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1589-1608

  Daugulis, Andrew J ^a   Tomei, M Concetta ^b   Guieysse, Benoit ^c  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b WATER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^c MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Bioprocess designs; Cytotoxicity; Monoaromatics

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL REMOVAL; BIOLOGICAL TREATMENT; BIOPROCESS DESIGN; BIOPROCESSES; CONTAMINATED ENVIRONMENT; INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITIES; INDUSTRIAL WASTE STREAMS; MONOAROMATIC COMPOUNDS; MONOAROMATICS; PRACTICAL IMPLEMENTATION; REMOVAL EFFICIENCIES; SUBSTRATE INHIBITION;

DESIGN; INDUSTRIAL WASTE TREATMENT;

RIVER POLLUTION;

2 CHLOROPHENOL; 2,4 DICHLOROPHENOL; 2,4,6 TRICHLOROPHENOL; 3,4 XYLENOL; 4 CHLOROPHENOL; 4 NITROPHENOL; ACTIVATED CARBON; AROMATIC COMPOUND; BENZENE; CALCIUM ALGINATE; ETHYLBENZENE; META CRESOL; META XYLENE; ORTHO CRESOL; ORTHO XYLENE; PARA CRESOL; PARA XYLENE; PHENOL; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; TOLUENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; BIOLOGICAL METHOD; DESIGN; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; INHIBITION; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; POLLUTION EFFECT; RESEARCH WORK; SUBSTRATE; TOXICITY;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; BIOCATALYST; BIOFILM REACTOR; BIOMASS; BIOPROCESS; BIOREMEDIATION; CANDIDA TROPICALIS; CYTOTOXICITY; ENCAPSULATION; FLUIDIZED BED; GRANULAR SLUDGE REACTOR; IMMOBILIZATION; MEMBRANE CONTACTOR; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; PSEUDOMONAS; PULSED PLATE BIOREACTOR; SEQUENCING BATCH REACTOR; SHORT SURVEY; TWO PHASE PARTITIONING BIOREACTOR; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

BACTERIA; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; INDUSTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID;

EID: 79958125230     PISSN: 01757598     EISSN: 14320614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00253-011-3229-z     Document Type: Short Survey

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