Low-temperature (7 °C) anaerobic treatment of a trichloroethylene-contaminated wastewater: Microbial community development

Water Research

Volumn 45, Issue 13, 2011, Pages 4035-4046

  Siggins, Alma ^a   Enright, Anne Marie ^a   O'Flaherty, Vincent ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

EGSB; Low temperature anaerobic digestion; QPCR; Specific methanogenic activity; TCE; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; ANESTHETICS; BIOCONVERSION; BIOGAS; BIOMASS; METHANOGENS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA; TEMPERATURE; TOXICITY; TRICHLOROETHYLENE; VOLATILE FATTY ACIDS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ANEROBIC TREATMENT; CH 4; CONTAMINATED WASTEWATER; EXPANDED GRANULAR SLUDGE BED; LOW-TEMPERATURE ANAEROBIC DIGESTIONS; LOWS-TEMPERATURES; MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES; ORGANIC LOADING RATES; QPCR; SPECIFIC METHANOGENIC ACTIVITY;

BIOREACTORS;

FATTY ACID; RNA 16S; TRICHLOROETHYLENE;

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BIOMASS; BIOREACTOR; DIGESTION; FATTY ACID; GRANULAR MEDIUM; LOW TEMPERATURE; METHANOGENESIS; METHANOGENIC BACTERIUM; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TOXICITY TEST; TRICHLOROETHYLENE; WASTEWATER;

ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; BIOREACTOR; LOW TEMPERATURE; METHANOGEN; METHANOGENESIS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REACTOR OPERATION; SLUDGE; WASTE WATER; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); METHANOSAETA;

EID: 79959332043     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2011.05.013     Document Type: Article

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