Nitrogen removal from wastewater by coupling anammox and methane-dependent denitrification in a membrane biofilm reactor

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 47, Issue 20, 2013, Pages 11577-11583

  Shi, Ying ^a   Hu, Shihu ^a   Lou, Juqing ^a,b   Lu, Peili ^a,c   Keller, Jurg ^a   Yuan, Zhiguo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b ZHEJIANG GONGSHANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c CHONGQING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANAEROBIC METHANE OXIDATIONS; ANAMMOX BACTERIA; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MEMBRANE BIOFILM REACTOR; MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES; NITRITE ACCUMULATION; SYNTHETIC WASTE WATER; WASTEWATER STREAMS;

BIOFILMS; BIOREACTORS; DENITRIFICATION; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; ISOTOPES; METHANE; MICROBIOLOGY; NITRATES; NITRATION; NITROGEN REMOVAL; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

BACTERIA;

AMMONIA; METHANE; NITRATE; NITRITE; NITROGEN;

BIOFILM; BIOREACTOR; DENITRIFICATION; ELECTRON; FLUORESCENCE; MEMBRANE; METABOLISM; METHANE; MICROORGANISM; NITROGEN; NITROGEN COMPOUND; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; WASTEWATER;

ANAMMOX ORGANISM; ARTICLE; BIOFILM; MEMBRANE REACTOR; WASTE WATER; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT;

AMMONIA; ANAEROBIOSIS; ARCHAEA; BACTERIA; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIOFILMS; BIOREACTORS; DENITRIFICATION; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; METHANE; NITROGEN; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; WASTE WATER;

EID: 84886898625     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es402775z     Document Type: Article

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