Importance of bacterial storage polymers in bioprocesses

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 41-47

  Van Loosdrecht, M C M ^a   Pot, M A ^a   Heijnen, J J ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Denitrification; Feast famine regime; PHB; SBR; Storage polymers

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL STORAGE POLYMERS;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS; DENITRIFICATION; GROWTH KINETICS; MICROORGANISMS; POLYESTERS;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

POLYMER;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BIOREACTOR; CONFERENCE PAPER; DENITRIFICATION; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0031015810     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0273-1223(96)00877-3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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