The roles of microbes in the removal and inactivation of viruses in a biological wastewater treatment system

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 33, Issue 10-11, 1996, Pages 243-250

  Kim, Tae Dong ^a   Unno, Hajime ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Japan)

^b TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Activated sludge microbe; Adsorption; First order process; Poliovirus; Predation; Virus removal

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS; ADSORPTION; BACTERIA; CELL CULTURE; PROTOZOA; VIRUSES; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

MICROBES; POLIOVIRUSES; PREDATION; VIRUS REMOVAL;

BIOLOGICAL WATER TREATMENT;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; BACTERIUM; CONFERENCE PAPER; FLOCCULATION; METAZOON; MICROORGANISM; PROTOZOON; VIRUS ADSORPTION; VIRUS CONCENTRATION; VIRUS INACTIVATION; VIRUS INHIBITION; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0029946829     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0273-1223(96)00426-X     Document Type: Conference Paper

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