Evaluating four mathematical models for nitrous oxide production by autotrophic ammonia-oxidizing bacteria

Biotechnology and Bioengineering

Volumn 110, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 153-163

  Ni, Bing Jie ^a   Yuan, Zhiguo ^a   Chandran, Kartik ^b   Vanrolleghem, Peter A ^c   Murthy, Sudhir ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^d DC Water and Sewer Authority   (United States)

Author keywords

Ammonia oxidizing bacteria; Hydroxylamine; Mathematical model; Mechanisms; Nitrifier denitrification; Nitrous oxide

Indexed keywords

AMINES; BACTERIA; DENITRIFICATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MECHANISMS; MODEL STRUCTURES; NITRIFICATION;

AMMONIA OXIDIZING BACTERIA; AUTOTROPHIC AMMONIA-OXIDIZING BACTERIUM; CONCENTRATION VARIATION; HYDROXYLAMINE; METABOLIC PATHWAYS; MITIGATION STRATEGY; MIXED CULTURES; MODEL ASSUMPTIONS; MODELING RESULTS; NITROUS OXIDE; NITROUS OXIDE PRODUCTION; PRODUCTION MECHANISMS; TERMINAL ELECTRON ACCEPTORS; TESTING HYPOTHESIS; UNIFIED MODEL; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

NITROGEN OXIDES;

AMMONIA; AMMONIUM HYDROXIDE; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; HYDROXYLAMINE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITROUS OXIDE;

AMMONIA OXIDIZING BACTERIA; ARTICLE; AUTOTROPHY; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BATCH PROCESS; CHEMICAL INTERACTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENITRIFICATION; ELECTRON; HYPOTHESIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NITROUS OXIDE EMISSION; OXIDATION; REPRODUCIBILITY; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT;

NITROSOMONADALES;

EID: 84869865791     PISSN: 00063592     EISSN: 10970290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bit.24620     Document Type: Article

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