Evaluation on the microbial interactions of anaerobic ammonium oxidizers and heterotrophs in Anammox biofilm

Water Research

Volumn 46, Issue 15, 2012, Pages 4645-4652

  Ni, Bing Jie ^a,b   Ruscalleda, Mael ^a,c   Smets, Barth F ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Anammox; Biofilm; Biomass fractions; Heterotrophic growth; Microbial interactions; Model; Soluble microbial products

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIOMASS; COST EFFECTIVENESS; NITROGEN; NITROGEN REMOVAL; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

AMMONIUM OXIDIZERS; ANAEROBIC AMMONIUM OXIDATION; ANAEROBICS; BIOMASS FRACTION; COST EFFECTIVE; HETEROTROPHIC GROWTH; HETEROTROPHS; MICROBIAL INTERACTIONS; SOLUBLE MICROBIAL PRODUCTS; SURFACE LOADING;

BIOFILMS;

AMMONIA; MICROBIAL PRODUCTS NOT CLASSIFIED ELSEWHERE; NITROGEN DERIVATIVE;

AMMONIUM; ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BACTERIUM; BIOFILM; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GROWTH RATE; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; OXIDATION; PREDICTION; TRANSFORMATION; WASTEWATER;

ANAEROBIC AMMONIUM OXIDATION; ANAEROBIC METABOLISM; ANAMMOX BACTERIA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BATCH REACTOR; BIOFILM; BIOMASS; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; HETEROTROPH; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NITRIFYING BACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; ORGANISMAL INTERACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WASTE WATER; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 84864051123     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2012.06.016     Document Type: Article

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