A biofilm model to understand the onset of sulfate reduction in denitrifying membrane biofilm reactors

Biotechnology and Bioengineering

Volumn 110, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 763-772

  Tang, Youneng ^a   Ontiveros Valencia, Aura ^a   Feng, Liang ^a,b   Zhou, Chen ^a   Krajmalnik Brown, Rosa ^a   Rittmann, Bruce E ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Biofilm model; Hydrogen; Membrane biofilm reactor; Nitrate; Sulfate

Indexed keywords

BIOFILM MODELS; BIOMASS DISTRIBUTION; CO-EXISTENCE; DENITRIFYING BACTERIA; ELECTRON DONORS; MEMBRANE BIOFILM REACTOR; MODEL OUTPUTS; MULTISPECIES BIOFILM; NITRATE CONCENTRATION; NITRATE REDUCTION; OUTER SURFACE; PARAMETER OPTIMIZATION; PERCHLORATE REMOVAL; PHYSIOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS; QUANTITATIVE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SULFATE; SULFATE REDUCING BACTERIA; SULFATE REDUCTION;

BACTERIA; BIOFILMS; BIOREACTORS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DENITRIFICATION; EFFLUENTS; HYDROGEN; INORGANIC COMPOUNDS; NITRATES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS;

HYDROGEN; NITRATE; PERCHLORATE; SULFATE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUTOTROPHY; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOFILM; BIOFILM REACTOR; BIOMASS; BIOMASS ASSOCIATED PRODUCT; BIOMASS PRODUCTION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENITRIFICATION; DENITRIFYING BACTERIUM; GROWTH RATE; HOLLOW FIBER MEMBRANE; MEMBRANE BIOFILM REACTOR; MEMBRANE REACTOR; NITRATE REDUCING BACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REACTOR OPTIMIZATION; REDUCTION; SUBSTRATE UTILIZATION ASSOCIATED PRODUCT; SULFATE REDUCING BACTERIUM;

BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; BIOFILMS; BIOREACTORS; DENITRIFICATION; HYDROGEN; MEMBRANES; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NITRATES; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; SULFATES;

EID: 84872661322     PISSN: 00063592     EISSN: 10970290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bit.24755     Document Type: Article

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