Inhibitory Effects of Copper on Nitrifying Bacteria in Suspended and Attached Growth Reactors

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Volumn 203, Issue 1-4, 2009, Pages 17-27

  Lee, Yong Woo ^a   Tian, Qing ^b   Ong, Say Kee ^c   Sato, Chikashi ^d   Chung, Jinwook ^a  

^a Samsung Engineering Co Ltd   (South Korea)

^b DONGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Iowa State University of Science and Technology   (United States)

^d Nucl Eng Idaho State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Attached growth; Cupric amine; Inhibition; Nitrification; Suspended growth

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIOLOGICAL WATER TREATMENT; CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); COPPER; ENZYME INHIBITION; HEAVY METALS; INDUSTRIAL PLANTS; INDUSTRIAL WATER TREATMENT; NITRIFICATION; SEWAGE PUMPING PLANTS; TOXICITY; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

ATTACHED GROWTH; ATTACHED GROWTH SYSTEMS; COPPER CONCENTRATION; INDUSTRIAL DISCHARGES; MUNICIPAL WASTEWATERS; SUSPENDED GROWTH; SUSPENDED GROWTH SYSTEMS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

ECOLOGY;

AMMONIA; COPPER; COPPER DERIVATIVE; COPPER SULFATE; CUPRIC TETRAAMINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADSORPTION KINETICS; ALKALINITY; ARTICLE; ATTACHED AND SUSPENDED GROWTH REACTOR; BIOMASS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL SPECIATION MODEL; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; COPPER TOXICITY; EFFLUENT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; GROWTH INHIBITION; MIXED LIQUOR VOLATILE SUSPENDED SOLID; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NITRIFICATION; NITRIFYING BACTERIUM; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION INHIBITION; REACTOR; REFERENCE VALUE; STEADY STATE; SUSPENDED GROWTH REACTOR; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TOXICITY; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT;

EID: 85014457852     PISSN: 00496979     EISSN: 15732932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11270-009-9988-9     Document Type: Article

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