Nitrogen removal and nitrifying and denitrifying bacteria quantification in a stormwater bioretention system

Water Research

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1691-1700

  Chen, Xiaolu ^a   Peltier, Edward ^a   Sturm, Belinda S M ^a   Young, C Bryan ^a  

^a University of Kansas   (United States)

Author keywords

Ammonia; Bioretention; Denitrification; Nitrate; Nitrogen cycling; PCR; Stormwater treatment

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; BACTERIA; GENES; INFILTRATION; NITRATES; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN REMOVAL; ORGANIC CARBON; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STORMS;

AMMONIA CONCENTRATIONS; BIOLOGICAL PROCESS; BIORETENTION; DENITRIFYING BACTERIA; NITRIFICATION AND DENITRIFICATION; NITROGEN CYCLING; ORGANIC CARBON CONTENTS; STORMWATER TREATMENT;

DENITRIFICATION;

AMMONIA; AMOA PROTEIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DNA 16S; NIRK PROTEIN; NIRS PROTEIN; NITRATE; NITROGEN; NORB PROTEIN; NOZ PROTEIN; ORGANIC CARBON; STORM WATER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMMONIA; BACTERIUM; DENITRIFICATION; INFILTRATION; NITRATE; NITROGEN; NITROGEN CYCLE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SANDY SOIL; STORMWATER; WASTE TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DENITRIFYING BACTERIUM; FILTRATION; NITRIFYING BACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLING; SANDY SOIL; SOIL ANALYSIS; SURFACE PROPERTY; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 84873525867     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2012.12.033     Document Type: Article

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