Dynamic and distribution of ammonia-oxidizing bacteria communities during sludge granulation in an anaerobic-aerobic sequencing batch reactor

Water Research

Volumn 45, Issue 18, 2011, Pages 6207-6216

  Bin, Zhang ^a,b   Zhe, Chen ^a,b   Zhigang, Qiu ^a,b   Min, Jin ^a,b   Zhiqiang, Chen ^a,b   Zhaoli, Chen ^a,b   Junwen, Li ^a,b   Xuan, Wang ^c   Jingfeng, Wang ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL MEDICINE   (China)

^b Tianjin Key Laboratory of Risk Assessment   (China)

^c TIANJIN POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Ammonia oxidizing bacteria; Community development; Granular sludge; Granule size; Nitrifying bacteria distribution; Phylogenetic diversity

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; BATCH REACTORS; ELECTROPHORESIS; GRANULAR MATERIALS; GRANULATION; MASS TRANSFER; NITRIFICATION;

AMMONIA OXIDIZING BACTERIA; COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT; GRANULAR SLUDGE; GRANULE SIZE; NITRIFYING BACTERIA; PHYLOGENETIC DIVERSITY;

AEROBIC BACTERIA;

ADAPTATION; AMMONIA; ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BACTERIUM; BIOREACTOR; BIOTECHNOLOGY; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; GRANULAR MEDIUM; GROWTH RESPONSE; INHIBITION; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; OXIC CONDITIONS; OXIDATION; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SLUDGE; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; AMMONIA OXIDIZING BACTERIA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; INOCULATION; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; NITRITE OXIDIZING BACTERIUM; NITROSOMONAS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCING BATCH REACTOR; SLUDGE SETTLING; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER;

NITROSOMONADALES; NITROSOMONAS;

EID: 80054015722     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2011.09.026     Document Type: Article

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