Nitrate removal, communities of denitrifiers and adverse effects in different carbon substrates for use in denitrification beds

Water Research

Volumn 45, Issue 17, 2011, Pages 5463-5475

  Warneke, Sören ^a   Schipper, Louis A ^a   Matiasek, Michael G ^b   Scow, Kate M ^b   Cameron, Stewart ^c   Bruesewitz, Denise A ^a   McDonald, Ian R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Bioreactor; Controlling factors; Denitrification; Denitrification genes; Nir

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; BACTERIA; BIOLOGICAL WATER TREATMENT; BIOREACTORS; DISSOLUTION; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; GENES; GREENHOUSE GASES; NITRATES; NITROGEN OXIDES; SUBSTRATES; WOODEN CONTAINERS;

BACTERIAL COMMUNITY; CONTROLLING FACTORS; DENITRIFICATION RATE; DENITRIFYING BACTERIA; GREENHOUSE GAS PRODUCTION; MICROBIAL DENITRIFICATION; OUTLET CONCENTRATION; POINT SOURCE DISCHARGES;

DENITRIFICATION;

AMMONIA; CARBON; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; METHANE; NITRATE; NITRITE; NITRITE REDUCTASE; NITROUS OXIDE REDUCTASE;

BACTERIUM; CARBON; CEREAL; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DENITRIFICATION; DISCHARGE; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EVERGREEN TREE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GAS PRODUCTION; GENE EXPRESSION; NITROGEN COMPOUND; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; OXIDE; POINT SOURCE POLLUTION; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; SUBSTRATE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; WASTE;

ADVERSE OUTCOME; ARTICLE; CARBON SOURCE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; COPY NUMBER VARIATION; DENITRIFICATION; DENITRIFYING BACTERIUM; EUCALYPTUS WOODCHIP; GENE; GREEN WASTE; GREENHOUSE GAS; MAIZE COB; NIRK GENE; NIRS GENE; NONHUMAN; NOSZ GENE; PH MEASUREMENT; PINE WOODCHIP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAWDUST; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; WASTE; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WHEAT STRAW;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUCALYPTUS; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 80053095411     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2011.08.007     Document Type: Article

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