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Removal of nitrate from water by cells ofParacoccus denitrificans in a membrane flow reactor

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A new type of flow bioreactor designed to remove nitrate from water was developed. Denitrification activity of nativeParacoccus denitrificans cells was used, the cells being separated from the refined medium by a semipermeable membrane. Relationships between the degree of nitrate conversion and the denitrification rate, on the one hand, and the volume flow rate and the amount of biomass, on the other, together with the results concerning denitrification during closed-circuit recirculation of the medium are discussed.

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  1. Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, 611 37, Brno, Czechoslovakia

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Kučera, I., Černá, I. Removal of nitrate from water by cells ofParacoccus denitrificans in a membrane flow reactor. Folia Microbiol 36, 81–85 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02935827

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