The role of nitrite and free nitrous acid (FNA) in wastewater treatment plants

Water Research

Volumn 45, Issue 15, 2011, Pages 4672-4682

  Zhou, Yan ^a   Oehmen, Adrian ^b   Lim, Melvin ^c   Vadivelu, Vel ^d   Ng, Wun Jern ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE QUÍMICA   (Portugal)

^c SCHOOL OF APPLIED SCIENCE   (Singapore)

^d SCHOOL OF PHYSICS   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Bioprocesses; Enzymes; Free nitrous acid (FNA); Inhibition mechanisms; Nitrite; Wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs)

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; ENZYME INHIBITION; ENZYMES; INORGANIC ACIDS; METABOLISM; METHANOGENS; NITROGEN REMOVAL; RECLAMATION; SEWAGE PUMPING PLANTS; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

BIOPROCESSES; FREE NITROUS ACID (FNA); INHIBITION MECHANISMS; NITRITE; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

FREE NITROUS ACID; GLYCOGEN; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRITE; NITROUS ACID; PHOSPHORUS; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BACTERIUM; GROWTH RESPONSE; INHIBITION; INORGANIC ACID; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL ECOLOGY; NITRITE; OPTIMIZATION; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; WASTE FACILITY; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER;

ANAEROBIC AMMONIA OXIDATION; ANAEROBIC AMMONIA OXIDATION BACTERIUM; ANAEROBIC METABOLISM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM; BIOACCUMULATION; CONCENTRATION PROCESS; DENITRIFIER; METHANOGEN; MICROBIAL METABOLISM; NITRIFIER; NITRITE OXIDIZING BACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT; YEAST;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 79960555621     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2011.06.025     Document Type: Article

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