Structure and composition of biofilm communities in a moving bed biofilm reactor for nitritation-anammox at low temperatures

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 154, Issue , 2014, Pages 267-273

  Persson, Frank ^a   Sultana, Razia ^b   Suarez, Carolina ^c   Hermansson, Malte ^c   Plaza, Elzbieta ^b   Wilén, Britt Marie ^a  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

FISH CLSM; Low temperature; MBBR; Microbial community analysis; Nitritation anammox

Indexed keywords

AEROBIC BACTERIA; FISH; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; NITROGEN REMOVAL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA; TEMPERATURE; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

16S RRNA; AMMONIA OXIDIZING BACTERIA; ANAEROBIC AMMONIUM OXIDATION; FISH-CLSM; LOWS-TEMPERATURES; MBBR; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY ANALYSIS; MOVING BED BIOFILM REACTORS; NITRITATION-ANAEROBIC AMMONIUM OXIDATIONS; NITRITE-OXIDIZING BACTERIA;

BIOFILMS;

NITROGEN; RNA 16S;

AMMONIA; BIOFILM; BIOREACTOR; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; LOW TEMPERATURE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

AMMONIA OXIDIZING BACTERIUM; ANAMMOX BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BIOFILM; BIOFILM REACTOR; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; DNA EXTRACTION; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE SEQUENCE; LOW TEMPERATURE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NITRITE OXIDIZING BACTERIUM; NITROSOMONAS EUROPAEA; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLUDGE DIGESTION; WASTE WATER; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

FISH-CLSM; LOW TEMPERATURE; MBBR; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY ANALYSIS; NITRITATION-ANAMMOX;

AMMONIA; AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; ANAEROBIOSIS; BACTERIA; BIOFILMS; BIOREACTORS; COLD TEMPERATURE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; MICROBIAL CONSORTIA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 84891820748     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: 18732976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2013.12.062     Document Type: Article

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