Nitrogen removal and microbial community profiles in six wetland columns receiving high ammonia load

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 203, Issue , 2012, Pages 326-332

  Sun, Guangzhi ^a,d   Zhu, Yafei ^b   Saeed, Tanveer ^c   Zhang, Guangxin ^d   Lu, Xianguo ^d  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c AHSANULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Bangladesh)

^d NORTHEAST INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHY AND AGRICULTURAL ECOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Constructed wetland; Denitrification; Nitrification; Reed bed; Vertical flow; Wastewater treatment

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; AIR FLUX; AMMONIA REMOVAL; CONSTRUCTED WETLANDS; DENITRIFIERS; DENITRIFYING BACTERIA; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MASS REMOVAL RATE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES; MICROBIAL DEGRADATION; MICROBIAL POPULATIONS; N REMOVAL; NITRIFYING BACTERIA; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; POLLUTANT LOADINGS; POPULATION DENSITIES; REDOX POTENTIALS; REED BED; SYNTHETIC WASTE WATER; TREATED EFFLUENT; VERTICAL FLOW CONSTRUCTED WETLANDS; VERTICAL FLOWS;

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; BIODEGRADATION; DENITRIFICATION; EFFLUENTS; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GLUCOSE; LOADING; MICROBIOLOGY; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN REMOVAL; POPULATION STATISTICS; REDOX REACTIONS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WETLANDS;

BACTERIA;

AZOARCUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HYPHOMICROBIUM; PARACOCCUS (BACTERIUM); SAPROSPIRACEAE; THAUERA;

EID: 84865639405     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2012.07.052     Document Type: Article

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