Partial nitrification and nitrous oxide emission in an intermittently aerated sequencing batch biofilm reactor

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 217, Issue , 2013, Pages 435-441

  Kong, Qiang ^a   Zhang, Jian ^a   Miao, Mingsheng ^b   Tian, Lin ^b   Guo, Ning ^a   Liang, Shuang ^a  

^a SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SHANDONG NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Microbial community; Nitrous oxide; Partial nitrification; Sequencing batch biofilm reactor

Indexed keywords

ANAMMOX; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESES (DGGE); DYNAMIC BEHAVIORS; HIGH TEMPERATURE; LONG TERM MONITORING; LONG-TERM OPERATION; MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES; NITROSPIRA; NITROUS OXIDE; NITROUS OXIDE EMISSIONS; PARTIAL NITRIFICATION; SEQUENCING BATCH BIOFILM REACTOR;

BIOREACTORS; DENITRIFICATION; ELECTROPHORESIS; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NITROGEN OXIDES; NITROGEN REMOVAL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

NITRIFICATION;

ACIDOBACTERIA; ARCOBACTER; HYPHOMICROBIACEAE; NITROSOSPIRA; NITROSPIRA; SPHINGOBACTERIALES;

EID: 84872025342     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2012.10.093     Document Type: Article

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