Comparative study of microbial community structure in integrated vertical-flow constructed wetlands for treatment of domestic and nitrified wastewaters

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 3518-3527

  Chang, Jun jun ^a,b   Wu, Su qing ^a,c   Liang, Kang ^a,d   Wu, Zhenbin ^a   Liang, Wei ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b YUNNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Jiangxi Academy of Environmental Sciences   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Domestic wastewater (DW); Fatty acid methyl ester (FAME); Integrated vertical flow constructed wetlands (IVCWs); Microbial community; Nitrified wastewater (NW); Signature FAs; Water quality characteristics

Indexed keywords

FATTY ACID; NITRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTANT;

AEROBIC BACTERIUM; ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FUNGUS; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; NITRIFICATION; PROCEDURES; WASTE WATER; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER QUALITY; WETLAND;

BACTERIA, AEROBIC; BACTERIA, ANAEROBIC; BIOLOGICAL OXYGEN DEMAND ANALYSIS; FATTY ACIDS; FUNGI; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; NITRATES; NITRIFICATION; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION; WATER QUALITY; WETLANDS;

EID: 84925461471     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: 16147499     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-014-3594-0     Document Type: Article

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