Nitrogen removal with the anaerobic ammonium oxidation process

Biotechnology Letters

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1145-1154

  Hu, Ziye ^a   Lotti, Tommaso ^b   van Loosdrecht, Mark ^b   Kartal, Boran ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Ammonium removal; Anammox; Nitritation anammox; Nitrogen cycle; Wastewater treatment

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM REMOVAL; ANAEROBIC AMMONIUM OXIDATION; ANAMMOX; ENVIRONMENT-FRIENDLY ALTERNATIVES; MUNICIPAL WASTEWATER TREATMENT; NITRIFICATION/DENITRIFICATION; NITRITATION-ANAMMOX; NITROGEN CYCLES;

BACTERIA; BIOREACTORS; METHANE; NITROGEN OXIDES; RECLAMATION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

NITROGEN REMOVAL;

AMMONIUM DERIVATIVE; NITROGEN;

ANAEROBIC GROWTH; BACTERIUM; CHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; REVIEW; WASTE WATER; WATER MANAGEMENT;

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; ANAEROBIOSIS; BACTERIA; NITROGEN; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; WASTE WATER; WATER PURIFICATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 84879838396     PISSN: 01415492     EISSN: 15736776     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10529-013-1196-4     Document Type: Review

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