Effect of zero-valent iron on the start-up performance of anaerobic ammonium oxidation (anammox) process

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 2925-2934

  Ren, Long Fei ^a   Ni, Shou Qing ^a   Liu, Cui ^b   Liang, Shuang ^a   Zhang, Bo ^c   Kong, Qiang ^a,d   Guo, Ning ^a  

^a SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Environmental Protection Bureau of Shandong Province   (China)

^d SHANDONG NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Anaerobic ammonium oxidation (anammox); Extracellular polymeric substances (EPS); Nitrogen removal; Real time quantitative PCR (qPCR); Start up; Zero valent iron (ZVI)

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM; BACTERIUM; BIOREACTOR; BIOREMEDIATION; EXOPOLYMER; IRON; NITRATE; OXIDATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REAL TIME; SECRETION; SLUDGE;

AMMONIUM DERIVATIVE; BIOPOLYMER; IRON; NITROGEN; OXYGEN; SEWAGE;

BACTERIUM; BIOREACTOR; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PROCEDURES; SEWAGE;

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; BACTERIA; BIOPOLYMERS; BIOREACTORS; IRON; NITROGEN; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXYGEN; SEWAGE; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID;

EID: 84924787821     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: 16147499     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-014-3553-9     Document Type: Article

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