Anaerobic ammonium oxidation in the old trickling flters at daspoort wastewater treatment works

Water SA

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 81-88

  Wilsenach, J ^a   Burke, L ^b   Radebe, V ^b   Mashego, M ^b   Stone, W ^c   Mouton, M ^c   Botha, A ^c  

^a Virtual Consulting Engineers   (South Africa)

^b DSI CSIR Nanotechnology Innovation Centre   (South Africa)

^c STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Anammox; Daspoort; Denitrifcation; Nitrifcation; Polymerase chain reaction; Stoichiometric analyses; Trickling filter

Indexed keywords

ANAMMOX; DASPOORT; DENITRIFCATION; NITRIFCATION; STOICHIOMETRIC ANALYSES; TRICKLING FILTER;

BACTERIA; BIOFILMS; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; FILTERS (FOR FLUIDS); HEURISTIC ALGORITHMS; NITROGEN; NITROGEN OXIDES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA; SOILS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

NITROGEN REMOVAL;

AMMONIUM; ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BACTERIUM; BIOFILM; BIOREACTOR; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; FILTER; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN; OXIDATION; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STOICHIOMETRY; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER;

GAUTENG; PRETORIA; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 84892890784     PISSN: 03784738     EISSN: 18167950     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4314/wsa.v40i1.10     Document Type: Article

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