Carbon sources influence the nitrate removal activity, community structure and biofilm architecture

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 117, Issue , 2012, Pages 292-299

  Srinandan, C S ^a   D'souza, Glen ^a   Srivastava, Nidhi ^b   Nayak, Binaya Bhusan ^c   Nerurkar, Anuradha S ^a  

^a M S UNIVERSITY OF BARODA   (India)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF VIROLOGY   (India)

^c CENTRAL INSTITUTE OF FISHERIES EDUCATION   (India)

Author keywords

Biofilm; Carbon source; Denitrification; Nitrate removal

Indexed keywords

BIOFILM ARCHITECTURE; BIOFILM REACTORS; CARBON SOURCE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURES; DENITRIFIERS; DIFFUSION DISTANCE; ENTEROBACTER; N REMOVAL; NITRATE REMOVAL; PSEUDOMONAS SP;

CARBON; DENITRIFICATION; ETHANOL; GLUCOSE; METHANOL; NITROGEN OXIDES; VOLATILE FATTY ACIDS;

BIOFILMS;

ACETIC ACID; ALCOHOL; CARBON; GLUCOSE; METHANOL; NITRATE;

ABUNDANCE; ACETATE; BACTERIUM; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOFILM; BIOREACTOR; CARBON; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DENITRIFICATION; ETHANOL; NITROGEN COMPOUND; POLLUTANT REMOVAL;

ARTICLE; BIOFILM; BIOFILM REACTOR; CARBON SOURCE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DENITRIFICATION; DENITRIFYER; ENTEROBACTER; METHYLOBACILLUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL;

BACTERIA; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIOFILMS; BIOREACTORS; CARBON; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; DENITRIFICATION; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENETIC VARIATION; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NITRATES; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID;

ENTEROBACTER SP.; METHYLOBACILLUS SP.; PSEUDOMONAS SP.;

EID: 84861165459     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: 18732976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2012.04.079     Document Type: Article

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