Effects of photoperiod on nutrient removal, biomass production, and algal-bacterial population dynamics in lab-scale photobioreactors treating municipal wastewater

Water Research

Volumn 68, Issue , 2015, Pages 680-691

  Lee, Chang Soo ^a   Lee, Sang Ah ^a   Ko, So Ra ^a   Oh, Hee Mock ^a   Ahn, Chi Yong ^a  

^a Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology (KRIBB)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Algae; Bacteria; Nutrient; Photoperiod; Removal; Wastewater

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; BACTERIA; BIOMASS; DYNAMICS; NITROGEN REMOVAL; PHOSPHORUS; PHOTOBIOREACTORS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RNA; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

BACTERIAL POPULATION; BIOMASS PRODUCTIONS; CARBON REMOVAL; CONDITION; LIGHT CYCLES; MICROBIAL BIOMASS; MUNICIPAL WASTEWATERS; NUTRIENT REMOVAL; PHOTOBIORE-ACTOR; PHOTOPERIOD;

NUTRIENTS;

CARBON; CHLOROPHYLL A; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; RIBOSOME RNA; CHLOROPHYLL; RNA 18S; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTANT;

ALGA; BACTERIUM; BIOMASS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NUTRIENT; PHOTOPERIOD; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEWAGE TREATMENT;

ALGA; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BIOMASS; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; MICROBIAL POPULATION DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT; PHOTOBIOREACTOR; PHOTOPERIODICITY; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY; ANALYSIS; BIOREMEDIATION; CHEMISTRY; CITY; DEVICES; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; GREEN ALGA; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROALGA; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEWAGE; WASTE WATER; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTANT;

ALGAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

BACTERIA; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIOMASS; CHLOROPHYLL; CHLOROPHYTA; CITIES; MICROALGAE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHOTOBIOREACTORS; PHOTOPERIOD; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 84911449999     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2014.10.029     Document Type: Article

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