N2O production rate of an enriched ammonia-oxidising bacteria culture exponentially correlates to its ammonia oxidation rate

Water Research

Volumn 46, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 3409-3419

  Law, Yingyu ^a   Ni, Bing Jie ^a   Lant, Paul ^a   Yuan, Zhiguo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ammonia oxidation rate; Ammonia oxidising bacteria; Hydroxylamine oxidation; Nitrifier denitrification; Nitritation; Nitrosyl radical; Nitrous oxide

Indexed keywords

AMINES; BACTERIA; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; METABOLISM; NITRIC OXIDE; NITROGEN OXIDES; OXIDATION;

AMMONIA OXIDATION; AMMONIA OXIDISING BACTERIA; HYDROXYLAMINE OXIDATIONS; NITRITATION; NITROSYL RADICAL; NITROUS OXIDE;

AMMONIA;

AMMONIA; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; NITROUS OXIDE; OXYGEN;

AMMONIA; AMMONIUM; BACTERIUM; BIOMASS; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DECOMPOSITION; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRITE; NITROUS OXIDE; OXIDATION; PH; RADICAL; REACTION RATE; REDUCTION;

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIOMASS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; BACTERIUM; BATCH CELL CULTURE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOREMEDIATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; REPRODUCIBILITY;

AMMONIA; BACTERIA; BATCH CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NITROUS OXIDE; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXYGEN; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 84861198149     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2012.03.043     Document Type: Article

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