Treatment of dilute wastewater in a UASB reactor at a moderate temperature: Microbiological aspects

Journal of Fermentation and Bioengineering

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 185-190

  Agrawal, Lalit K ^a   Harada, Hideki ^b   Tseng, Cheng ^c   Okui, Hiroyuki ^a  

^a Tokyu Construction Co   (Japan)

^b NAGAOKA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

activity; dilute wastewater; enumeration; morphology; UASB reactor

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIOREACTORS; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; ESTERS; METHANOGENS; MORPHOLOGY; SEWAGE SLUDGE; SLUDGE DIGESTION; SUBSTRATES; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

DILUTE WASTEWATER; MICROBIAL ENUMERATION;

BIOLOGICAL SEWAGE TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; BIOMASS; BIOREACTOR; METHANOGENESIS; MICROBIOLOGY; SLUDGE; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CILIOPHORA; GADUS MORHUA; METOPUS ES;

EID: 0030945256     PISSN: 0922338X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0922-338X(97)83580-5     Document Type: Article

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