Outcompeting nitrite-oxidizing bacteria in single-stage nitrogen removal in sewage treatment plants: A model-based study

Water Research

Volumn 66, Issue , 2014, Pages 208-218

  Pérez, Julio ^a,b   Lotti, Tommaso ^a   Kleerebezem, Robbert ^a   Picioreanu, Cristian ^a   van Loosdrecht, Mark C M ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Anammox; Biofilm; Granular sludge; Mathematical modeling; Microbial community interactions; Nitritation

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; COMPETITION; GRANULAR MATERIALS; SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANTS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ANAMMOX; GRANULAR SLUDGE; MATHEMATICAL MODELING; MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY INTERACTION; MODEL-BASED OPC; NITRITATION; NITRITE-OXIDIZING BACTERIA; SEWAGE-TREATMENT PLANTS; SINGLE STAGE;

NITROGEN REMOVAL;

AMMONIA; NITRITE; NITROGEN; OXYGEN;

BIOFILM; GRANULAR MEDIUM; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NITRIFICATION; NITRIFYING BACTERIUM; NITROGEN; NUMERICAL MODEL; OXYGEN; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; SEWAGE TREATMENT;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; AMMONIA OXIDIZING BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BIOFILM; COMPETITION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); GROWTH RATE; HYDRODYNAMICS; NITRITE OXIDIZING BACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; ORGANISMAL INTERACTION; OXIDATION; OXYGEN AFFINITY; OXYGEN CONCENTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REDUCTION; SEWAGE; SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT; STEADY STATE; STOICHIOMETRY; TEMPERATURE; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL;

NITROSOMONADALES;

EID: 84949116185     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2014.08.028     Document Type: Article

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