Effects of ZnO nanoparticles on wastewater treatment and their removal behavior in a membrane bioreactor

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 185, Issue , 2015, Pages 125-133

  Tan, Magdalene ^a   Qiu, Guanglei ^a   Ting, Yen Peng ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Bacteria community dynamics; Extracellular polymeric substances (EPS); Membrane bioreactor; Membrane fouling; ZnO nanoparticles (ZnO NPs)

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIOREACTORS; FILTRATION; MEMBRANE FOULING; MEMBRANES; METAL NANOPARTICLES; MICROFILTRATION; NANOPARTICLES; NITROGEN REMOVAL; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

BACTERIA COMMUNITY; BACTERIA COMMUNITY STRUCTURES; CONTINUOUS OPERATION; EXTRACELLULAR POLYMERIC SUBSTANCES; MEMBRANE BIOREACTOR; MEMBRANE FILTRATIONS; NITROGEN AND PHOSPHORUS; ZNO;

ZINC OXIDE;

AMMONIA; NITRITE; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; ZINC OXIDE NANOPARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; METAL NANOPARTICLE; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTANT; ZINC OXIDE;

AMMONIA; BIOREACTOR; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DENITRIFICATION; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT; ZINC;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; BIOSORPTION; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENITRIFICATION; DNA EXTRACTION; HYDROLYSIS; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MEMBRANE FILTER; MEMBRANE REACTOR; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONTENT; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SAMPLING; ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; BIOREACTOR; CELL SURVIVAL; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECTS; MICROBIOLOGY; PHARMACOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; WASTE WATER; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTANT;

BACTERIA, ANAEROBIC; BIOREACTORS; CELL SURVIVAL; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; METAL NANOPARTICLES; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION; ZINC OXIDE;

EID: 84924293381     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: 18732976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2015.02.094     Document Type: Article

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