Measuring in situ bacterial specific growth rates and population dynamics in wastewater

Water Research

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1074-1082

  Pollard, Peter C ^a   Greenfield, Paul F ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Activated sludge; Aerobic; Bacteria; Bacterial numbers; Biomass; Dynamic modelling; In situ; Kinetics; Secondary clarifier; Specific growth rates; Toxicity; methyl 3H thymidine

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BIOASSAY; BIOMASS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; BACTERIA; MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUES; SEWAGE TREATMENT; WASTE WATER;

BACTERIAL SPECIFIC GROWTH RATES; BIOLOGICAL NUTRIENT REMOVAL; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS; BACTERIA; BIOMASS; KINETIC THEORY; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

BIOLOGICAL WATER TREATMENT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0030615919     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0043-1354(96)00326-0     Document Type: Article

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