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56
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8721
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3736
National Ranking
407

Best Publications

  • Stratification of Extracellular Polymeric Substances (EPS) for Aggregated Anammox Microorganisms.

    Fangxu Jia;Qing Yang;Xiuhong Liu;Xiyao Li

  • Quantify the contribution of anammox for enhanced nitrogen removal through metagenomic analysis and mass balance in an anoxic moving bed biofilm reactor.

    Jianwei Li;Yongzhen Peng;Liang Zhang;Jinjin Liu

  • Partial nitrification-anammox (PNA) treating sewage with intermittent aeration mode: Effect of influent C/N ratios

    Yuanyuan Miao;Yongzhen Peng;Liang Zhang;Baikun Li

  • A critical review of one-stage anammox processes for treating industrial wastewater: Optimization strategies based on key functional microorganisms.

    Jianwei Li;Jialin Li;Ruitao Gao;Ming Wang

  • Insight into the impacts of organics on anammox and their potential linking to system performance of sewage partial nitrification-anammox (PN/A): A critical review.

    Jialin Li;Jianwei Li;Yongzhen Peng;Shuying Wang

  • Effect of temperature on short chain fatty acids (SCFAs) accumulation and microbiological transformation in sludge alkaline fermentation with Ca(OH)₂ adjustment.

    XiaoLing Li;YongZhen Peng;YongZhen Peng;NanQi Ren;BaiKun Li

  • Start-up of single-stage partial nitrification-anammox process treating low-strength swage and its restoration from nitrate accumulation

    Yuanyuan Miao;Liang Zhang;Yandong Yang;Yongzhen Peng

  • Metagenomic analysis of anammox communities in three different microbial aggregates

    Jianhua Guo;Jianhua Guo;Yongzhen Peng;Lu Fan;Liang Zhang

  • Enhanced nutrient removal in a modified step feed process treating municipal wastewater with different inflow distribution ratios and nutrient ratios.

    Shijian Ge;Yongzhen Peng;Yongzhen Peng;Shuying Wang;Jianhua Guo

  • Highly enriched anammox within anoxic biofilms by reducing suspended sludge biomass in a real-sewage A2/O process.

    Jianwei Li;Yongzhen Peng;Ruitao Gao;Lan Yang

  • The feasibility of using a two-stage autotrophic nitrogen removal process to treat sewage.

    Bin Ma;Shujun Zhang;Liang Zhang;Peng Yi

  • Enhancing ammonium oxidizing bacteria activity was key to single-stage partial nitrification-anammox system treating low-strength sewage under intermittent aeration condition

    Yuanyuan Miao;Liang Zhang;Baikun Li;Qian Zhang

  • Microbial community evolution in partial nitritation/anammox process: From sidestream to mainstream.

    Yandong Yang;Yandong Yang;Liang Zhang;Jun Cheng;Shujun Zhang

  • Nitrogen removal performance and microbial distribution in pilot- and full-scale integrated fixed-biofilm activated sludge reactors based on nitritation-anammox process.

    Liang Zhang;Shujun Zhang;Yongzhen Peng;Xiaoyu Han

  • How to detect small microplastics (20-100 μm) in freshwater, municipal wastewaters and landfill leachates? A trial from sampling to identification.

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  • Successful Application of Anammox Using the Hybrid Autotrophic–Heterotrophic Denitrification Process for Low-Strength Wastewater Treatment

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  • Achieve efficient nitrogen removal from real sewage in a plug-flow integrated fixed-film activated sludge (IFAS) reactor via partial nitritation/anammox pathway.

    Yandong Yang;Liang Zhang;Liang Zhang;Jun Cheng;Shujun Zhang

  • Pathways and Organisms Involved in Ammonia Oxidation and Nitrous Oxide Emission

    Jianhua Guo;Yongzhen Peng;Shuying Wang;Bin Ma

  • Application of intermittent aeration in nitrogen removal process: development, advantages and mechanisms

    Yuanyuan Miao;Yuanyuan Miao;Liang Zhang;Deshuang Yu;Jianhua Zhang;Jianhua Zhang

  • Advanced nitrogen removal from low C/N municipal wastewater by combining partial nitrification-anammox and endogenous partial denitrification-anammox (PN/A-EPD/A) process in a single-stage reactor.

    Huihui Cui;Liang Zhang;Qiong Zhang;Xiyao Li

Frequent Co-Authors

Yongzhen Peng
Yongzhen Peng Beijing University of Technology
Qiong Zhang
Qiong Zhang University of South Florida
Xiyao Li
Xiyao Li Beijing University of Technology
Baikun Li
Baikun Li University of Connecticut
Shuying Wang
Shuying Wang Beijing University of Technology
Jianhua Guo
Jianhua Guo University of Queensland
Hanchang Shi
Hanchang Shi Tsinghua University
Boran Kartal
Boran Kartal Max Planck Society
Zhiguo Yuan
Zhiguo Yuan City University of Hong Kong
Mike S. M. Jetten
Mike S. M. Jetten Radboud University

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