Deflocculation of activated sludge by the dissimilatory Fe(III)-reducing bacterium Shewanella alga BrY

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 1487-1490

  Caccavo Jr , Frank ^a   Frolund, Bo ^a,b   Van Ommen Kloeke, Fintan ^a   Nielsen, Per Halkjaer ^c  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DANISH TECHNOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

^c AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ANAEROBIC METABOLISM; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; FLOCCULATION; IRON TRANSPORT; NONHUMAN; SLUDGE DEWATERING; TURBIDITY; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

SHEWANELLA ALGA;

EID: 0029886476     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.62.4.1487-1490.1996     Document Type: Article

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