Denitrification by Alcaligenes denitrificans in a closed rotating biological contactor |
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Authors: | P Teixeira R Oliveira |
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Institution: | (1) Centro de Engenharia Biológica – IBQF, Universidade do Minho, Campus de Gualtar, 4709 Braga codex, Portugal |
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Abstract: | Biological denitrification using a pure culture of Alcaligenes denitrificans was investigated in a closed rotating biological contactor, which operated with a hydraulic retention time of 2 h, a carbon/nitrogen ratio of 2:1, with a dissolved O2 concentration below 6 mg l–1 and under three different phosphate concentrations. Alcaligenes denitrificans was not repressed by O2 limitation and the removal of nitrate was about 30% more efficient at the intermediate phosphate concentration (20 mg P l–1). |
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Keywords: | Alcaligenes denitrificans biofilm denitrification phosphorous concentration rotating biological contactor |
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