Lead toxicity to the performance, viability, and community composition of activated sludge microorganisms

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 824-830

  Yuan, Li ^a,b,c   Zhi, Wei ^a   Liu, Yangsheng ^c   Karyala, Saikumar ^d   Vikesland, Peter J ^a   Chen, Xi ^b   Zhang, Husen ^a  

^a Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University   (United States)

^b Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^c PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d VIRGINIA BIOINFORMATICS INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; LEAD; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROORGANISMS; OXYGEN; SURFACE ANALYSIS;

AMMONIA OXIDIZING BACTERIA; BACTERIAL COMMUNITY; BACTERIAL VIABILITY; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; ENGINEERED SYSTEMS; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; PROCESS PERFORMANCE; SPECIFIC OXYGEN UPTAKE RATE;

TOXICITY;

AMMONIA; LEAD; NITROGEN; OXYGEN; SEWAGE;

ABSORPTION; ACTIVATED SLUDGE; AMMONIA; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; LEAD; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; TOXIC MATERIAL; TOXICITY;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; AEROBIC BACTERIUM; AMMONIA OXIDIZING BACTERIUM; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIABILITY; CELL FRACTIONATION; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CHEMICAL PARAMETERS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISSOLUTION; HETEROTROPH; LEAD POISONING; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; MICROORGANISM; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; SURFACE PROPERTY; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WATER POLLUTION; BACTERIUM; BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECTS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MICROBIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEWAGE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NITROSOMONADALES;

AMMONIA; BACTERIA; BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; BIOLOGICAL OXYGEN DEMAND ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; LEAD; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; OXYGEN; SEWAGE;

EID: 84921824097     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es504207c     Document Type: Article

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