Osmotic membrane bioreactor for wastewater treatment and the effect of salt accumulation on system performance and microbial community dynamics

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 150, Issue , 2013, Pages 287-297

  Qiu, Guanglei ^a   Ting, Yen Peng ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Bacterial community dynamics; Denitrification; Nitrification; Osmotic membrane bioreactor (OMBR); Salt accumulation

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIOACTIVITY; DENITRIFICATION; DYNAMICS; MEMBRANE FOULING; NITRIFICATION; OSMOSIS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

AMMONIA OXIDIZING BACTERIA; BACTERIAL COMMUNITY; DOMINANT SPECIES; MEMBRANE BIOREACTOR; MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; NITRITE-OXIDIZING BACTERIA; SALT ACCUMULATIONS;

BIOREACTORS;

CALCIUM PHOSPHATE; CARBONIC ACID; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; MAGNESIUM; NITROGEN; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ACCUMULATION; BACTERIUM; BIOACTIVITY; BIOFOULING; BIOREACTOR; CALCIUM; CARBONATE; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; DENITRIFICATION; MAGNESIUM; MEMBRANE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; OSMOSIS; SALT; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; AMMONIA OXIDIZING BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; AZOSPIRILLUM; BIOACCUMULATION; BIODEGRADATION; BIOFOULING; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DENITRIFICATION; DENITRIFYING BACTERIUM; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; MEMBRANE REACTOR; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NITRIFICATION; NITRITE OXIDIZING BACTERIUM; NITROBACTER; NITROSOMONAS; NITROSPIRA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OSMOTIC MEMBRANE BIOREACTOR; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALINITY; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; NITROBACTER; NITROSOMONADALES; NITROSPIRA;

BACTERIAL COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; DENITRIFICATION; NITRIFICATION; OSMOTIC MEMBRANE BIOREACTOR (OMBR); SALT ACCUMULATION;

AMMONIA; BACTERIA; BIOFOULING; BIOLOGICAL OXYGEN DEMAND ANALYSIS; BIOREACTORS; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; DENITRIFICATION; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; NITRITES; NITROGEN; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; OSMOSIS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SPECTROMETRY, X-RAY EMISSION; WASTE WATER; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 84886614200     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: 18732976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2013.09.090     Document Type: Article

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