Evidence for the microbially mediated abiotic formation of reversible and non-reversible sulfamethoxazole transformation products during denitrification

Water Research

Volumn 46, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 2131-2139

  Nödler, Karsten ^a   Licha, Tobias ^a   Barbieri, Manuela ^b   Pérez, Sandra ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND WATER RESEARCH   (Spain)

Author keywords

Denitrification; Sulfamethoxazole; Transformation

Indexed keywords

AMINES; AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; DENITRIFICATION; NITRATES; NITROGEN REMOVAL; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; POSITIVE IONS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; VETERINARY MEDICINE; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

AROMATIC AMINES; BENZENESULFONAMIDE; DENITRIFYING CONDITIONS; DIAZONIUM CATIONS; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; SULPHONAMIDES; SYNTHESISED; TRANSFORMATION; TRANSFORMATION PRODUCTS; WATER-SEDIMENTS;

NITRIC OXIDE;

4 NITRO N (5 METHYLISOXAZOL 3 YL)BENZENESULFONAMIDE; DRUG METABOLITE; N (5 METHYLISOXAZOL 3 YL)BENZENESULFONAMIDE; NITRATE; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBIOTICS; ARTIFICIAL RECHARGE; DEGRADATION; DENITRIFICATION; KARST; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRITE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; TRANSFORMATION; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; BATCH PROCESS; DENITRIFICATION; DRUG STRUCTURE; DRUG SYNTHESIS; DRUG TRANSFORMATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENT; WATER SAMPLING;

EID: 84858081963     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2012.01.028     Document Type: Article

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