Role of ammonia-oxidizing bacteria in micropollutant removal from wastewater with aerobic granular sludge

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 564-575

  Margot, Jonas ^a   Lochmatter, Samuel ^a,b   Barry, D A ^a   Holliger, Christof ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Aerobic granular sludge; Ammonia monooxygenase; Biodegradation; Nitrifying bacteria; Pesticide; Pharmaceutical

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; BACTERIA; BATCH REACTORS; BIODEGRADATION; BIOLOGY; DRUG PRODUCTS; GRANULAR MATERIALS; NITRIFICATION; PESTICIDES; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

AEROBIC GRANULAR SLUDGES; AMMONIA MONOOXYGENASE; AMMONIA OXIDIZING BACTERIA; MICROPOLLUTANT REMOVALS; NITRIFYING BACTERIA; SEQUENCING BATCH REACTORS; SYNTHETIC WASTE WATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

AEROBIC BACTERIA;

4,4' ISOPROPYLIDENEDIPHENOL; AMMONIA; AMMONIA MONOOXYGENASE; CHEMICAL COMPOUND; IOHEXOL; IRGAROL; NAPROXEN; TERBUTRYN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNSPECIFIC MONOOXYGENASE; SEWAGE; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTANT;

AMMONIA; BACTERIUM; BIODEGRADATION; DRUG; LABORATORY METHOD; NITRIFICATION; OXIC CONDITIONS; PESTICIDE; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; SLUDGE; WASTEWATER;

AMMONIA OXIDIZING BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; DEGRADATION; NITRIFICATION; NITRIFYER; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; POLLUTANT; SEQUENCING BATCH REACTOR; SLUDGE; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WASTE WATER; AEROBIC METABOLISM; ANALYSIS; BACTERIUM; BIOREACTOR; CHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; SEWAGE; WATER POLLUTANT;

NITROSOMONADALES;

AEROBIOSIS; AMMONIA; BACTERIA; BIOREACTORS; NITRIFICATION; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; SEWAGE; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84958953014     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2015.514     Document Type: Article

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