Managing methanogens and homoacetogens to promote reductive dechlorination of trichloroethene with direct delivery of H2 in a membrane biofilm reactor

Biotechnology and Bioengineering

Volumn 109, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 2200-2210

  Ziv El, Michal ^a   Popat, Sudeep C ^a   Cai, Katherine ^a   Halden, Rolf U ^a   Krajmalnik Brown, Rosa ^a   Rittmann, Bruce E ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

H2; Homoacetogenesis; Membrane biofilm reactor; Methanogenesis; Reductive dechlorination

Indexed keywords

H2; HOMOACETOGENESIS; MEMBRANE BIOFILM REACTOR; METHANOGENESIS; REDUCTIVE DECHLORINATION;

BIOFILMS; BIOREACTORS; BIOREMEDIATION; ETHYLENE; GENES; METHANOGENS; PH EFFECTS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REACTOR OPERATION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRICHLOROETHYLENE;

DECHLORINATION;

ACETIC ACID; BICARBONATE; HYDROGEN; TRICHLOROETHYLENE;

ARTICLE; BIOFILM REACTOR; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DECHLORINATION; DEHALOCOCCOIDES; FTHFS GENE; GENE; GEOBACTER; HOMOACETOGEN; METHANOGEN; METHANOGENESIS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; PH MEASUREMENT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PYROSEQUENCING; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIOFILMS; BIOREACTORS; CHLOROFLEXI; HALOGENATION; HYDROGEN; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; TRICHLOROETHYLENE;

ACETOBACTERIUM; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DEHALOCOCCOIDES; GEOBACTER;

EID: 84864319603     PISSN: 00063592     EISSN: 10970290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bit.24487     Document Type: Article

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