Suppressing nitrite-oxidizing bacteria growth to achieve nitrogen removal from domestic wastewater via anammox using intermittent aeration with low dissolved oxygen

Scientific Reports

Volumn 5, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Ma, Bin ^a   Bao, Peng ^a   Wei, Yan ^a   Zhu, Guibing ^b   Yuan, Zhiguo ^a,c   Peng, Yongzhen ^a  

^a BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b RESEARCH CENTER FOR ECO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM DERIVATIVE; NITRITE; NITROGEN; OXYGEN; WASTE WATER;

BACTERIUM; BIOREACTOR; CHEMISTRY; DENITRIFICATION; FERMENTATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WASTE WATER;

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; BACTERIA; BIOREACTORS; DENITRIFICATION; FERMENTATION; NITRITES; NITROGEN; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXYGEN; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WASTE WATER;

EID: 84941313310     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep13048     Document Type: Article

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