Reduction of net sulfide production rate by nitrate in wastewater bioreactors. Kinetics and changes in the microbial community

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Volumn 224, Issue 10, 2013, Pages

  Villahermosa, D ^a   Corzo, A ^a   Gonzalez J M ^b   Portillo, M C ^b   Garcia Robledo E ^a   Papaspyrou, S ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CÁDIZ   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE RECURSOS NATURALES Y AGROBIOLOGÍA DE SEVILLA   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO DE CIENCIAS MARINAS DE ANDALUCÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Autotrophic nitrate reduction .Wastewater; Biofilm; Kinetics; Microbial community; Sulfide removal

Indexed keywords

MICHAELIS-MENTEN KINETIC; MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES; NITRATE REDUCTION; PARACOCCUS DENITRIFICANS; SULFATE REDUCING BACTERIA; SULFIDE REMOVAL; SULFIDE-OXIDIZING BACTERIA; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

BACTERIA; BIOCONVERSION; BIOFILMS; BIOLOGICAL WATER TREATMENT; BIOREACTORS; ENZYME KINETICS; KINETICS; NITRATES; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

NITROGEN REMOVAL;

NITRATE; SULFIDE; WATER;

BIOFILM; BIOREACTOR; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NITRATE; OXIDATION; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; SULFIDE; WASTEWATER;

ARTICLE; BIOFILM; BIOREACTOR; CHEMICAL REACTION; GAS; MICHAELIS MENTEN KINETICS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NITRATE REDUCING BACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; PARACOCCUS DENITRIFICANS; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; RECYCLING; REDUCTION; SULFATE REDUCING BACTERIUM; SULFIDE OXIDIZING BACTERIUM; SULFURIMONAS DENITRIFICANS; WASTE WATER; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT;

ANDALUCIA; CADIZ [ANDALUCIA]; JEREZ DE LA FRONTERA; SPAIN;

EID: 84893496474     PISSN: 00496979     EISSN: 15732932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11270-013-1738-3     Document Type: Article

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