Analysis of Nocardia amarae profiles in actual foaming activated sludge plant with viable cell count measurement

Journal of Fermentation and Bioengineering

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 98-102

  Iwahori, Keisuke ^a   Taki, Hironori ^b   Miyata, Naoyuki ^a   Fujita, Masanori ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHIZUOKA   (Japan)

^b TAISEI CORPORATION   (Japan)

^c OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Activated sludge process; Mass balance; Nocardia amarae; Scum; Sludge retention time; Viable cell count

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; CELLS; MICROANALYSIS; SAMPLING; SEWAGE SLUDGE;

MASS BALANCE; NOCARDIA AMARAE; SCUM; SLUDGE RETENTION TIME; VIABLE CELL COUNT;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; AERATION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CELL COUNT; CELL VIABILITY; GORDONIA AMARAE; NOCARDIA; NONHUMAN; SEWAGE; SEWAGE TREATMENT;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); GORDONIA AMARAE; NOCARDIA; NOCARDIA AMARAE; RHODOCOCCUS;

EID: 0030769141     PISSN: 0922338X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0922-338X(97)82795-X     Document Type: Article

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