Performance and mechanisms of a microbial-earthworm ecofilter for removing organic matter and nitrogen from synthetic domestic wastewater

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 195, Issue , 2011, Pages 245-253

  Wang, Longmian ^a   Zheng, Zheng ^b   Luo, Xingzhang ^b   Zhang, Jibiao ^b  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Ammonia nitrogen; Chemical oxygen demand; Denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis; Rural domestic sewage; Vermifiltration

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA NITROGEN; AMMONIA OXIDIZING BACTERIA; BIODIVERSITY INDEXES; BIOFILTRATION SYSTEMS; CHEMICAL OXYGEN; COD REDUCTION; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; DIVERSE COMMUNITY; DOMESTIC WASTEWATER; LOW COSTS; MICRO-POROUS STRUCTURE; NITROGEN CONVERSION; NITROGEN TRANSFORMATIONS; NITROSPIRA; POSITIVE CORRELATIONS; SOIL LAYER; SOIL MICROBES; SOIL NITROGEN; SOIL PROPERTY; VERMIFILTRATION;

AMMONIA; BACTERIA; BIODIVERSITY; BIOFILTRATION; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); ELECTROPHORESIS; GELS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; OXYGEN; SEWAGE; SOILS; SURFACE STRUCTURE; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

NITROGEN;

AMMONIA; NITROGEN; ORGANIC MATTER;

AMMONIA; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EARTHWORM; ELECTROKINESIS; FILTER; FILTRATION; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; ORGANIC MATTER; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; POROSITY; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL PROPERTY; SURFACE AREA; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

AMMONIA OXIDIZING BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BIOFILTER; BIOFILTRATION; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; DOMESTIC WASTE; EARTHWORM; EVALUATION; MICROBIAL EARTHWORM ECOFILTER; NITRITE OXIDIZING BACTERIUM; NITROSPORA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PERFORMANCE; POROSITY; PROKARYOTES BY METABOLISM; SAWDUST; SOIL; SOIL MICROFLORA; SOIL PROPERTY; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

ANIMALS; BACTERIA; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIODIVERSITY; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; NITROGEN; OLIGOCHAETA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; WATER POLLUTANTS;

NITROSOMONADALES; NITROSPIRA;

EID: 80054093348     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: 18733336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2011.08.035     Document Type: Article

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