Anaerobic ammonium oxidation with an anode as the electron acceptor

Environmental Microbiology Reports

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 100-105

  Qu, Bo ^a   Fan, Bin ^a   Zhu, Shikun ^a   Zheng, Yali ^a  

^a RESEARCH CENTER FOR ECO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM DERIVATIVE;

ANAEROBIC GROWTH; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BIOENERGY; CHEMISTRY; ELECTRODE; ELECTRON; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION;

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; ANAEROBIOSIS; BACTERIA; BIOELECTRIC ENERGY SOURCES; ELECTRODES; ELECTRONS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION;

EID: 84892648719     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17582229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1758-2229.12113     Document Type: Article

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