Biodegradation and cometabolic modeling of selected beta blockers during ammonia oxidation

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 47, Issue 22, 2013, Pages 12835-12843

  Sathyamoorthy, Sandeep ^a   Chandran, Kartik ^b   Ramsburg, C Andrew ^a  

^a Tufts University   (United States)

^b Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED SLUDGE MODEL; AMMONIA OXIDIZING BACTERIA; BIO-KINETIC PARAMETERS; BIOCHEMICAL PROCESS; BIOLOGICAL TREATMENT PROCESS; BIOLOGICAL WASTE WATER TREATMENT; NITRITE-OXIDIZING BACTERIA; WASTEWATER EFFLUENTS;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS; AMMONIA; BACTERIA; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EFFLUENTS; EXPERIMENTS; MICROBIOLOGY; NITRIFICATION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

BIODEGRADATION;

AMMONIA; ATENOLOL; METOPROLOL; NITROGEN; SOTALOL; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; NITRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; NITRITE; SOLUTION AND SOLUBILITY;

ABUNDANCE; ACTIVATED SLUDGE; BIODEGRADATION; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DRUG; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; OXIDATION; PARAMETERIZATION; SIMULATION; WASTEWATER; WATER QUALITY;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; AMMONIA OXIDIZING BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; COMETABOLIC PROCESS BASED MODEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DEGRADATION; DRUG METABOLISM; DRUG TRANSFORMATION; GROWTH INHIBITION; HETEROTROPH; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NITRIFICATION; SIMULATION; STOICHIOMETRY; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; BACTERIA; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMASS; BIOREMEDIATION; METABOLISM; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; SOLUTION AND SOLUBILITY;

ADRENERGIC BETA-ANTAGONISTS; AMMONIA; ATENOLOL; BACTERIA; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIOMASS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NITRATES; NITRITES; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; SOLUTIONS;

EID: 84888212355     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es402878e     Document Type: Article

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