(1) College of Forest Resources, AR-10, University of Washington, 98195 Seattle, WA, USA;(2) Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University, 16802 University Park, PA, USA
Abstract:
The oxygen and nitrate reduction kinetics of a nonflocculating strain of Zoogloea ramigera were determined. Axenic, nitrate-reducing bacterial suspensions were acclimated to various oxygen levels in a chemostat while measuring nitrate reduction in the presence of high ammonium nitrogen concentrations. Significant nitrate reduction was observed at oxygen concentrations up to 8 mg L–1. Oxygen consumption was inhibited by oxygen concentrations in excess of 2 mg L–1.