Granular sludge formation in upflow anaerobic sludge blanket (UASB) reactors

Biotechnology and Bioengineering

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 229-246

  Schmidt, Jens E ^a   Ahring, Birgitte K ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

anaerobic upflow reactors; granulation; methanogen bacteria; sludge formation

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; FLY ASH; GRANULATION; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; METHANOGENS; MICROBIOLOGY; POLYMERS; POLYSACCHARIDES; PROTEINS; SEWAGE SLUDGE; WASTEWATER;

ACETICLASTIC METHANOGENS; ELECTRON TRANSFER; GRANULAR SLUDGE; UPFLOW ANAEROBIC SLUDGE BLANKET; VOLATILE SUSPENDED SOLIDS;

BIOREACTORS;

ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CELL ACTIVITY; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; IMMOBILIZED CELL; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; METHANOBACTERIUM; MICROBIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; SLUDGE SETTLING; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); METHANOBACTERIUM; METHANOBACTERIUM FORMICICUM; METHANOBREVIBACTER; METHANOSAETA; METHANOSARCINA; METHANOTHERMOBACTER THERMAUTOTROPHICUS;

EID: 0030569901     PISSN: 00063592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0290(19960205)49:3<229::AID-BIT1>3.0.CO;2-M     Document Type: Review

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