Characterization of biofilm of a rotating biological contactor treating synthetic wastewater

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 429-437

  Singh, V ^a   Mittal, A K ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

Biofilm bacterial community; Rotating biological contactor; Wastewater treatment

Indexed keywords

AEROBIC DENITRIFICATION; AEROBIC RBC; BACTERIAL BIOFILM; BACTERIAL BIOMASS; BACTERIAL COMMUNITY; BIOCHEMICAL REACTIONS; BIOCHEMICAL TESTS; CARBON AND NITROGEN; DENITRIFIERS; GRAM-STAINING; HETEROTROPHIC BACTERIAS; HETEROTROPHIC NITRIFICATION; HETEROTROPHS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY STRUCTURES; MIXED CULTURES; NITRATE REDUCTION; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; ROTATING BIOLOGICAL CONTACTOR; SIMULTANEOUS REMOVAL; SYNTHETIC WASTE WATER; TOTAL NITROGEN REMOVAL;

BIOLOGICAL WATER TREATMENT; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; DENITRIFICATION; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN REMOVAL; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

BIOFILMS;

CARBON; NITRATE; NITROGEN;

BACTERIUM; BIOFILM; BIOMASS; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; HETEROTROPHY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MORPHOLOGY; NITRIFICATION; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER;

AEROBIC METABOLISM; ARTICLE; AUTOTROPH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BIOFILM; BIOREACTOR; BIOREACTOR DESIGN; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENITRIFICATION; DENITRIFYING BACTERIUM; GRAM STAINING; HETEROTROPH; HUMAN; MICROBIAL BIOMASS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL IDENTIFICATION; MICROBIAL MORPHOLOGY; NITRIFICATION; NITRIFYER; NITRIFYING BACTERIUM; PARACOCCUS PANTOTROPHUS; REDUCTION; ROTATING BIOLOGICAL CONTACTOR; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIOFILMS; BIOMASS; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PARACOCCUS PANTOTROPHUS;

EID: 84863430106     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2012.221     Document Type: Article

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