Enhanced long-term nitrogen removal and its quantitative molecular mechanism in tidal flow constructed wetlands

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 49, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 4575-4583

  Zhi, Wei ^a,b   Yuan, Li ^a   Ji, Guodong ^a   He, Chunguang ^c  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NORTHEAST NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; GENES; NITRATES; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WETLANDS;

DENITRIFICATION PROCESS; DISSIMILATORY NITRATE REDUCTION; ENHANCED NITROGEN REMOVAL; REMOVAL EFFICIENCIES; STEPWISE REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SUSTAINABLE TECHNOLOGY; TIDAL FLOW CONSTRUCTED WETLANDS; TREATMENT PERFORMANCE;

NITROGEN REMOVAL;

AMMONIA; AMMONIA MONOOXYGENASE; NITRATE; NITRATE REDUCTASE; NITRITE REDUCTASE; NITROGEN; NITROUS OXIDE REDUCTASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; AMMONIUM DERIVATIVE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; NITRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; WASTE WATER;

CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; GENE EXPRESSION; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; NITRATE; NITROGEN; WASTEWATER;

ANAMMOX BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; DENITRIFICATION; NITRIFICATION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; ANALYSIS; BACTERIUM; GENETICS; METABOLISM; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PROCEDURES; SEWAGE; WASTE WATER; WETLAND;

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; NITRATES; NITROGEN; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WASTE WATER; WETLANDS;

EID: 84926484885     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.5b00017     Document Type: Article

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