| DOI | Resolve DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/09593330.2004.9619397 |
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| Author | Search for: Lorrain, M. J.1; Search for: Tartakovsky, B.1; Search for: Peisajovich-Gilkstein, A.; Search for: Guiot, S. R.1 |
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| Affiliation | - National Research Council Canada. NRC Biotechnology Research Institute
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| Format | Text, Article |
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| ISSN | 0959-3330 |
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| Subject | Acetates; bacteria; biodegradation, environmental; colony count, microbial; ethanol; freshwater; nitrates; soil pollutants; sucrose; time factors; water pollutants, chemical; water purification; water |
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| Abstract | This study presents a comparison of denitrification rates and denitrification stoichiometry when using different sources of carbon. Denitrification tests were carried out in test bottles containing water and soil samples acquired at a nitrate-contaminated site and supplemented with either sucrose, acetate or ethanol. The tests demonstrated nitrate removal in all carbon source supplemented bottles. The rate of denitrification and the required amount of a carbon source, however, depended on the choice of substrate. Ethanol and acetate were found to provide the highest denitrification rate, that of 1.4 - 1.6 mg-N I⁻¹ d⁻¹. Sucrose-supplemented bottles demonstrated a significantly slower denitrification rate, that of 0.6 - 0.9 mg-N I⁻¹ d⁻¹. In addition to slow denitrification rates, sucrose-supported denitrification required more carbon source. |
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| Publication date | 2004-09-01 |
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| Language | English |
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| Identifier | 10470232 |
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| NRC number | 47191 |
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| NPARC number | 12338516 |
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| Record identifier | f42cdbba-b018-4434-b48e-43149b6df823 |
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| Record created | 2009-09-10 |
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| Record modified | 2020-04-17 |
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