Nitrogen removal performance and changes in microbial community structure of a single-stage partial nitrification-anammox (PNA) process for treating municipal wastewater with an extremely low carbon-to-nitrogen ratio

Yiqiang Sun; Yongguang Ma; Youwei Cao; Shiyue Liu; Xueyong Tian; Bowen Dai

doi:10.1016/j.jwpe.2025.106931

journal article Feb 01, 2025

Nitrogen removal performance and changes in microbial community structure of a single-stage partial nitrification-anammox (PNA) process for treating municipal wastewater with an extremely low carbon-to-nitrogen ratio

Yiqiang Sun

Yongguang Ma Youwei Cao Shiyue Liu Xueyong Tian Bowen Dai

Journal of Water Process Engineering Vol. 70 pp. 106931 · Elsevier BV

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Published: Feb 01, 2025
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Yiqiang Sun

Key Lab of Materials Physics Anhui Key Lab of Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology Institute of Solid State Physics Chinese Academy of Sciences Hefei 230031 P. R. China; Science Island Branch University of Science and Technology of China Hefei 230026 P. R. China

Department of Periodontology, School and Hospital of Stomatology, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University & Shandong Key Laboratory of Oral Tissue Regeneration & Shandong Engineering Laboratory for Dental Materials and Oral Tissue Regeneration, No. 44-1 Wenhua Road West, Jinan 250012, China

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Yiqiang Sun, Yongguang Ma, Youwei Cao, et al. (2025). Nitrogen removal performance and changes in microbial community structure of a single-stage partial nitrification-anammox (PNA) process for treating municipal wastewater with an extremely low carbon-to-nitrogen ratio. Journal of Water Process Engineering, 70, 106931. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jwpe.2025.106931

Nitrogen removal performance and changes in microbial community structure of a single-stage partial nitrification-anammox (PNA) process for treating municipal wastewater with an extremely low carbon-to-nitrogen ratio

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