It could never be found until recently, in a fish tank a few floors below a university microbiology department: one single organism able to perform the complete process of nitrification.

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Simultaneous nitrification—denitrification (SND) of municipal wastewater was investigated in a laboratory-scale membrane bioreactor (MBR) ...

In order to maintain optimum operating conditions in a FGD wet scrubber, a purge stream is discharged from the system to control the absorber equilibrium chloride concentration and acid insoluble ...

Current stringent effluent discharge limits for nitrogen and the high sensitivity of nitrifying bacteria to inhibition by toxic compounds encourage the development of methods for acute nitrification ...

This news release is available in German. Nitrogen is a key chemical element for life and an essential nutrient for all living organisms. In particular, modern intensive agriculture totally depends on ...