Sulfate-reducing anaerobic ammonium oxidation as a potential treatment method for high nitrogen-content wastewater

Biodegradation

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 509-524

  Rikmann, Ergo ^a   Zekker, Ivar ^a   Tomingas, Martin ^a   Tenno, Taavo ^a   Menert, Anne ^b   Loorits, Liis ^b   Tenno, Toomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^b TALLINN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Anammox intermediates; Humic matter; Moving bed biofilm reactor; Sulfate reducing ammonium oxidation; Upflow anaerobic sludge blanket reactor

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM OXIDATION; ANAMMOX; HUMIC MATTER; MOVING BED BIOFILM REACTORS; UP-FLOW ANAEROBIC SLUDGE BLANKET REACTORS;

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; BACTERIA; BIOLOGICAL WATER TREATMENT; BIOREACTORS; CLONING; HYDRAZINE; NITROGEN REMOVAL; OXIDATION; REACTION INTERMEDIATES; SULFUR; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

NITROGEN; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM DERIVATIVE; SULFATE;

AMMONIUM; ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BIOFILM; BIOREACTOR; DENITRIFICATION; ELECTRON; HUMIC SUBSTANCE; LABORATORY METHOD; NITROGEN; OXIDATION; SULFATE-REDUCING BACTERIUM; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER;

ANAEROBIC GROWTH; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BIOREACTOR; BIOREMEDIATION; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; EVALUATION; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PHYLOGENY; SEWAGE; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTANT;

ANAEROBIOSIS; BACTERIA; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIOREACTORS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NITROGEN; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PHYLOGENY; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; SEWAGE; SULFATES; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PLANCTOMYCETES; UNCULTURED BACTERIUM; UNCULTURED PLANCTOMYCETE; UNCULTURED VERRUCOMICROBIALES BACTERIUM;

EID: 84864289899     PISSN: 09239820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10532-011-9529-2     Document Type: Article

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