Moisture effects on gas-phase biofilter ammonia removal efficiency, nitrous oxide generation, and microbial communities

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 271, Issue , 2014, Pages 292-301

  Yang, Liangcheng ^a   Kent, Angela D ^a   Wang, Xinlei ^a   Funk, Ted L ^a   Gates, Richard S ^a   Zhang, Yuanhui ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Ammonia; Ammonia oxidizer; Biofilter; Denitrifier; Moisture; Nitrous oxide

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; BIOFILTERS; MICROORGANISMS; MOISTURE DETERMINATION; NITROGEN OXIDES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

AMMONIA OXIDIZERS; AMMONIA REMOVAL; DENITRIFIERS; GAS-PHASE BIOFILTERS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES; MOISTURE EFFECTS; NITROUS OXIDE; REMOVAL EFFICIENCIES;

MOISTURE;

AMMONIA; NITROUS OXIDE; AIR POLLUTANT; AMMONIA MONOOXYGENASE; BACTERIAL DNA; GAS; NITRIC-OXIDE REDUCTASE; OXIDOREDUCTASE;

ABUNDANCE; AMMONIA; BIOFILTRATION; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DENITRIFICATION; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MOISTURE CONTENT; NITROUS OXIDE; POLLUTANT REMOVAL;

AMMONIA OXIDIZER; ARTICLE; BIOFILTER; BIOFILTRATION; GAS; GAS ANALYSIS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MOISTURE; PHASE TRANSITION; REACTOR DESIGN; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; AIR POLLUTANT; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL GENE; BIOREACTOR; FILTRATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; WOOD;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AMMONIA; BACTERIA; BIOREACTORS; DNA, BACTERIAL; FILTRATION; GASES; GENES, BACTERIAL; NITROUS OXIDE; OXIDOREDUCTASES; WOOD;

EID: 84896102185     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: 18733336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2014.01.058     Document Type: Article

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