Internal energy-based competition between polyphosphate- and glycogen-accumulating bacteria in biological phosphorus removal reactors--effect of P/C feeding ratio

Water Research

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1430-1438

  Liu, Wen Tso ^a,c   Nakamura, Kazunori ^b   Matsuo, Tomonori ^a   Mino, Takashi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b NATL INST BIOSCI HUM TECHNOL   (Japan)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Activated sludge; Biological phosphorus removal; Glycogen microbial competition; Polyhydroxyalkanoate; Polyphosphate

Indexed keywords

BIOREACTORS; CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); PHOSPHATES; PHOSPHORUS; SEWAGE SLUDGE; WATER BACTERIOLOGY;

GLYCOGEN ACCUMULATING BACTERIA (GAB); POLYPHOSPHATE ACCUMULATING BACTERIA (PAB);

BIOLOGICAL WATER TREATMENT;

ACETIC ACID; GLYCOGEN; PHOSPHORUS; POLYPHOSPHATE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BIOREACTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0031172220     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0043-1354(96)00352-1     Document Type: Article

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