Toxicity of ionic liquid cations and anions towards activatedsewage sludge organisms from different sources-Consequences for biodegradation testing andwastewater treatment plant operation

Water Research

Volumn 47, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 2921-2928

  Markiewicz, Marta ^a   Piszora, Magdalena ^a   Caicedo, Nelson ^b   Jungnickel, Christian ^a   Stolte, Stefan ^b,c  

^a GDANSK UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GDA SK   (Poland)

Author keywords

Biodegradability; Environmental fate; Hazard assessment; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS; BIODEGRADABILITY; BIODEGRADATION; BIOHAZARDS; IONIC LIQUIDS; POSITIVE IONS; SEWAGE PUMPING PLANTS; SEWAGE SLUDGE; TOXICITY; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

BIODEGRADATION PROCESS; ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; IONIC LIQUID (ILS); RELIABLE ASSESSMENT; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIPS; TECHNOLOGICAL PROCESS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ANION; CATION; IONIC LIQUID;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; BACTERIUM; BIODEGRADATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; INHIBITION; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; OECD; TOXICITY; TOXICOLOGY; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; IC 50; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

VIBRIO FISCHERI;

EID: 84876716912     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2013.02.055     Document Type: Article

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