Wastewater + vaccines Flashcards
1
Q
What steps are used in waste water treatment
A
Total suspended solids (preliminary treat)
organic carbon, nitrogen, phosphorus (secondary treatment)
Pathogens (tertiary treatment)
2
Q
What occurs in secondary treatment
A
Nitrification - denitrification
adds oxygen until no3 then adds C to get to N2. it is assimilated into biomass.
3
Q
What are antibodies
A
Y-shaped proteins that are complementary to a specific antigen. they mark pathogen for destruction.
4
Q
What types of vaccines are antigen manufactured and then injected
A
inactivated viruses + protein subunits
5
Q
What are the vaccines that are injected and your body makes the antigen
A
Attenuated, viral vector, genetic.
