Enhanced biological nitrogen removal via dissolved oxygen partitioning and step feeding in a simulated river bioreactor for contaminated source water remediation

International Biodeterioration and Biodegradation

Volumn 71, Issue , 2012, Pages 72-79

  Feng, Li Juan ^b   Xu, Jian ^b   Xu, Xiang Yang ^b   Zhu, Liang ^a,b   Xu, Jing ^b   Ding, Wei ^b   Luan, Jing ^b  

^a Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Environmental Pollution Control Technology   (China)

^b ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Biofilm; Contaminated source water; Microbial community; Oligotrophic niche; Simultaneous nitrification and denitrification (SND)

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA OXIDIZING BACTERIA; BIOFILM REACTORS; BIOLOGICAL NITROGEN REMOVAL; CONTAMINATED SOURCES; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESES (DGGE); DENITRIFYING BACTERIA; DO CONCENTRATION; EFFLUENT CONCENTRATIONS; ENTEROBACTER; HETEROTROPHIC BACTERIAS; HYDRAULIC RETENTION TIME; MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES; NATURAL WATERS; NITROGEN POLLUTION; NITROSOMONAS; OLIGOTROPHIC NICHE; ORGANICS; PANTOEA; PSEUDOMONAS SP; REMOVAL EFFICIENCIES; SIMULTANEOUS NITRIFICATION AND DENITRIFICATION; SOURCE WATERS; STEP FEEDING; SYNECHOCOCCUS; TOTAL NITROGEN;

AMMONIA; BACTERIA; BIOFILMS; BIOLOGICAL WATER TREATMENT; BIOREACTORS; DENITRIFICATION; EFFLUENTS; ELECTROPHORESIS; FEEDING; POTABLE WATER; RIVER POLLUTION;

BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND;

BACTERIUM; BIOFILM; BIOREACTOR; BIOREMEDIATION; DENITRIFICATION; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; DRINKING WATER; EFFLUENT; ELECTROKINESIS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NITROGEN; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; RETENTION; WATER POLLUTION;

ALGAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHLOROFLEXI; CHLOROFLEXI (CLASS); ENTEROBACTER; ENTEROBACTER SP.; HYPHOMICROBIUM; HYPHOMICROBIUM SP.; NITROSOMONADALES; NITROSOMONAS; NITROSOMONAS SP.; PANTOEA; PANTOEA SP.; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS SP.; SYNECHOCOCCUS; SYNECHOCOCCUS SP.;

EID: 84860810323     PISSN: 09648305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ibiod.2011.12.016     Document Type: Article

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