Response of anaerobic granular sludge to single-wall carbon nanotube exposure

Water Research

Volumn 70, Issue , 2015, Pages 1-8

  Li, Ling Li ^a   Tong, Zhong Hua ^a   Fang, Cai Yun ^a   Chu, Jian ^a   Yu, Han Qing ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

Anaerobic digestion; Granular sludge; Methanogens; SWCNTs; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ORGANISMS; GRANULAR MATERIALS; METHANE; METHANOGENS; NANOTUBES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN); SLUDGE DIGESTION; SUBSTRATES; TOXICITY; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION PROCESS; ANAEROBIC GRANULAR SLUDGE; ANAEROBIC WASTE WATER TREATMENT; DEVELOPMENT AND APPLICATIONS; EXTRACELLULAR POLYMERIC SUBSTANCES; GRANULAR SLUDGE; SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBE (SWCNTS); SWCNTS;

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION;

METHANE; SINGLE WALLED NANOTUBE; CARBON NANOTUBE; SEWAGE;

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; EXOPOLYMER; FERMENTATION; FULLERENE; METHANOGENESIS; METHANOGENIC BACTERIUM; NANOTECHNOLOGY; SEWAGE TREATMENT; SLUDGE;

ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; ANAEROBIC REACTOR; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CYTOTOXICITY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; GRANULAR SLUDGE; METHANOGEN; METHANOSAETA CONCILII; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SLUDGE; ANAEROBIC GROWTH; BACTERIUM; BIOREACTOR; METABOLISM; SEWAGE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

ANAEROBIOSIS; BACTERIA; BIOREACTORS; NANOTUBES, CARBON; SEWAGE;

EID: 84916602365     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2014.11.042     Document Type: Article

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