Modeling the low pH limit of Nitrosomonas eutropha in high-strength nitrogen wastewaters

Water Research

Volumn 83, Issue , 2015, Pages 161-170

  Fumasoli, Alexandra ^a   Morgenroth, Eberhard ^a,b   Udert, Kai M ^a  

^a SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Bioenergetics; Buffer intensity; Chemical speciation; Intracellular pH; Nitrifiers

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; BACTERIA; BIOCHEMISTRY; CHEMICAL SPECIATION; ENZYME INHIBITION; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; NITROGEN; OXIDATION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

AMMONIA OXIDIZING BACTERIA; BIOENERGETICS; BUFFER INTENSITY; INTRACELLULAR PH; NITRIFIERS; NITROSOMONAS EUTROPHA; PROTON CONCENTRATIONS; PROTON-MOTIVE FORCES;

PH EFFECTS;

AMMONIA; NITROGEN; WASTE WATER;

CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; KINETICS; METABOLISM; NITROSOMONAS; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PH; SEWAGE; WASTE WATER;

AMMONIA; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; KINETICS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; NITROGEN; NITROSOMONAS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WASTE WATER;

EID: 84949130705     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2015.06.013     Document Type: Article

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