Simultaneous biological removal of nitrogen-sulfur-carbon: Recent advances and challenges

Biotechnology Advances

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 409-420

  Show, Kuan Yeow ^a   Lee, Duu Jong ^b,c,d   Pan, Xiangliang ^d  

^a UNIVERSITI TUNKU ABDUL RAHMAN   (Malaysia)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^d XINJIANG INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY AND GEOGRAPHY   (China)

Author keywords

Denitrifying sulfide removal; Functional consortium; Mechanism; Microbial community; Modeling; Reactor configuration

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL REACTIONS; BIOREACTOR PERFORMANCE; DENITRIFYING SULFIDE REMOVAL; FUNCTIONAL CONSORTIUMS; MASS BALANCE ANALYSIS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES; MICROBIAL DEGRADATION; REACTOR CONFIGURATION;

BIODEGRADATION; BIOREACTORS; CARBON; DENITRIFICATION; LOADING; MECHANISMS; MICROORGANISMS; MODELS; NEURAL NETWORKS; NITROGEN; SULFUR; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

NITROGEN REMOVAL;

CARBON; NITROGEN; SULFUR;

ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOREACTOR; BIOTECHNOLOGY; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DENITRIFICATION; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NITROGEN; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; SEWAGE TREATMENT; SULFIDE; SULFUR;

BIOREACTOR; BIOREMEDIATION; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; REVIEW;

BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIOREACTORS; CARBON; ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION; NITROGEN; SULFUR;

EID: 84874985934     PISSN: 07349750     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biotechadv.2012.12.006     Document Type: Review

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