Increased nitrous oxide accumulation by bioelectrochemical denitrification under autotrophic conditions: Kinetics and expression ofdenitrification pathway genes

Water Research

Volumn 47, Issue 19, 2013, Pages 7087-7097

  Van Doan, Tuan ^a   Lee, Tae Kwon ^a   Shukla, Sudheer Kumar ^a   Tiedje, James M ^a,b   Park, Joonhong ^a  

^a Yonsei University   (South Korea)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biocathode denitrification; Bioelectrochemical system; Microbial fuel cell; Pyrosequencing

Indexed keywords

BIOFILMS; CURRENT DENSITY; GENE EXPRESSION; KINETICS; MICROBIAL FUEL CELLS; NITRATES; NITROGEN OXIDES; RNA;

BIO-ELECTROCHEMICAL; BIO-ELECTROCHEMICAL SYSTEMS; BIOCATHODES; MICHAELIS-MENTEN KINETIC; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; NITRATE CONSUMPTION; NITRATE REDUCTION; PYROSEQUENCING;

DENITRIFICATION;

NITROUS OXIDE; RNA 16S;

AUTOTROPHY; BIOTECHNOLOGY; DENITRIFICATION; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; FUEL CELL; GENE EXPRESSION; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NITROUS OXIDE; REACTION KINETICS; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ARTICLE; BIOELECTROCHEMICAL DENITRIFICATION; BIOFILM; DENITRIFICATION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; INOCULATION; KINETICS; MICHAELIS MENTEN KINETICS; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYROSEQUENCING; REACTOR; SCALE UP;

BIOCATHODE DENITRIFICATION; BIOELECTROCHEMICAL SYSTEM; MICROBIAL FUEL CELL; PYROSEQUENCING;

AUTOTROPHIC PROCESSES; BIODIVERSITY; BIOELECTRIC ENERGY SOURCES; BIOFILMS; BIOREACTORS; DENITRIFICATION; ELECTROCHEMICAL TECHNIQUES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; KINETICS; NITRATE REDUCTASE; NITROUS OXIDE; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID;

EID: 84888137185     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2013.08.041     Document Type: Article

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