Effect of particle size on the performance of autotrophic nitrogen removal in the granular sludge bed reactor and microbiological mechanisms

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 157, Issue , 2014, Pages 240-246

  Wang, Lan ^a   Zheng, Ping ^a   Xing, Yajuan ^a   Li, Wei ^a   Yang, Jian ^b   Abbas, Ghulam ^a,c   Liu, Shuai ^a   He, Zhanfei ^a   Zhang, Jiqiang ^a   Zhang, Hongtao ^a   Lu, Huifeng ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GUJRAT   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Ammonium oxidizing capacity; Autotrophic nitrogen removal; Functional gene expression; Functional zone; Particle size

Indexed keywords

BOTTLES; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GRANULATION; MICROORGANISMS; PARTICLE SIZE;

AMMONIA OXIDATION; AUTOTROPHIC NITROGEN REMOVAL; EXPRESSION LEVELS; FUNCTIONAL GENES; FUNCTIONAL ZONES; GRANULAR SLUDGE BED; OXIDIZING ACTIVITY; OXIDIZING CAPACITY;

GRANULAR MATERIALS;

AMMONIA; NITRITE; NITROGEN; RNA 16S; SEWAGE;

BIOREACTOR; GENE EXPRESSION; GRANULAR MEDIUM; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIOLOGY; NITROGEN; PARTICLE SIZE; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; SLUDGE;

ARTICLE; GENE EXPRESSION; GRANULAR SLUDGE BED REACTOR; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROORGANISM; NITRIFICATION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTOR; SLUDGE; UPREGULATION; AEROBIC METABOLISM; ANAEROBIC GROWTH; AUTOTROPHY; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL GENE; BIOREACTOR; BIOREMEDIATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; SEWAGE;

AEROBIOSIS; AMMONIA; ANAEROBIOSIS; AUTOTROPHIC PROCESSES; BACTERIA; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIOREACTORS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; NITROGEN; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PARTICLE SIZE; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEWAGE;

EID: 84894278024     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: 18732976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2014.01.116     Document Type: Article

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