Impacts of temperature and nitrifying community

Impacts of temperature and nitrifying communityImpactsoftemperatureandnitrifyingcommunityonnitrificationkineticsinamoving-bedbiofilmreactortreatingpollutedrawwaterShuangfuZhanga,YayiWanga,⇑,WeitaoHea,MinWua,MeiyanXinga,JianYanga,NaiyunGaoa,MianliPanbaStateKeyLaboratoryofPollutionControlandResourcesReuse,CollegeofEnvironmentalScienceandEngineering,TongjiUniversity,SipingRoad,Shanghai200092,PRChinabCenterforPharmacologicalEvaluation,ShanghaiInstituteofPharmaceuticalIndustry,Shanghai200040,PRChinahighlights�NitrificationkineticswasstudiedinaMBBRtreatingpollutedrawwater.�Temperatureandnitrifyingcommunityimpactsonnitrificationkineticswerefocused.�Temperatureimpactwasaffectedbysevereinhibitionoftemperaturebelow5.0�C.�Variationinnitrifyingcommunityinfluencedtemperatureimpactsonnitrification.�Temp.coeffi.were1.099and1.098,respectively,forNH3/NO�2oxidationkinetics.graphicalabstractarticleinfoArticlehistory:Received12May2013Receivedinrevisedform1September2013Accepted20September2013Availableonlin