Microbial consortia selection in anaerobic filters operated in different reactor configurations

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 36, Issue 6-7, 1997, Pages 33-39

  Harper, Stephen R ^a   Pohland, Frederick G ^b  

^a BROWN AND CALDWELL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Anaerobic filters; Microscopy; SEM; Soft drink wastewater

Indexed keywords

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; BIOREACTORS; CELL CULTURE; FILTERS (FOR FLUIDS); PACKED BEDS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ANAEROBIC FILTERS;

BIOLOGICAL SEWAGE TREATMENT;

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; ANIMAL CELL; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BIOREACTOR; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FILTER; FLOW KINETICS; GRAM NEGATIVE ANAEROBIC COCCI; GRAM NEGATIVE FACULTATIVELY ANAEROBIC RODS; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE COCCI; MICROORGANISM; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; WASTE WATER; WATER SAMPLING;

EID: 0030669118     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0273-1223(97)00504-0     Document Type: Conference Paper

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