Extracellular electron transfer of biocathodes: Revealing the potentials for nitrate and nitrite reduction of denitrifying microbiomes dominated by Thiobacillus sp.

Electrochemistry Communications

Volumn 49, Issue , 2014, Pages 93-97

  Pous, Narcís ^a   Koch, Christin ^b   Colprim, Jesús ^a   Puig, Sebastià ^a   Harnisch, Falk ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

^b HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Autotrophic biological denitrification; Bioelectrochemical system; Cyclic voltammetry; Microbial electrochemical technology; Nitrate reductase; Nitrogen removal

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC VOLTAMMETRY; DENITRIFICATION; ELECTRON TRANSITIONS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; NITRATES; REDUCTION; THERMODYNAMICS;

BIO-ELECTROCHEMICAL SYSTEMS; BIOELECTROCHEMICAL SYSTEMS (BES); BIOLOGICAL DENITRIFICATION; ELECTROCHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY; EXTRACELLULAR ELECTRON TRANSFER; NITRATE REDUCTASE; NITRITE REDUCTION; THIOBACILLUS;

NITROGEN REMOVAL;

EID: 84911929216     PISSN: 13882481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.elecom.2014.10.011     Document Type: Article

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