Nitrifying moving bed biofilm reactor (MBBR) biofilm and biomass response to long term exposure to 1°C

Water Research

Volumn 49, Issue , 2014, Pages 215-224

  Hoang, V ^a   Delatolla, R ^a   Abujamel, T ^b   Mottawea, W ^b   Gadbois, A ^c   Laflamme, E ^c   Stintzi, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^c INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH IN IMMUNOLOGY AND CANCER   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bacterial population analysis; Biofilm morphology; Biomass viability; Cold temperature; MBBR; Nitrification

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; BACTERIA; BIOMASS; GENE ENCODING; MORPHOLOGY; NITRIFICATION;

AMMONIA REMOVAL; BACTERIAL POPULATION; BACTERIAL POPULATION ANALYSE; BIOFILM MORPHOLOGY; BIOMASS VIABILITY; COLDEST TEMPERATURES; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MOVING BED BIOFILM REACTORS; POPULATION ANALYSIS; REMOVAL RATE;

BIOFILMS;

AMMONIA;

AMMONIA; BIOFILM; BIOMASS; BIOREACTOR; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NITRIFYING BACTERIUM; WASTE TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; BIOFILM REACTOR; BIOMASS; CELL VIABILITY; COLD EXPOSURE; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; DNA SEQUENCE; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NITRIFICATION; NITRIFYING MOVING BED BIOFILM REACTOR; NITROSOMONAS; NITROSOSPIRA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; THICKNESS; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NITROSOMONAS; NITROSOSPIRA; NITROSPIRA;

BACTERIAL POPULATION ANALYSIS; BIOFILM MORPHOLOGY; BIOMASS VIABILITY; COLD TEMPERATURE; MBBR; NITRIFICATION;

AMMONIA; BACTERIA; BIOFILMS; BIOMASS; BIOREACTORS; COLD TEMPERATURE; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; KINETICS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PRESSURE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84890070821     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2013.11.018     Document Type: Article

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