Autecology of scum producing bacteria

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 37, Issue 4-5, 1998, Pages 527-530

  Lemmer, Hilde ^a   Lind, George ^a   Schade, Margit ^a   Ziegelmayer, Birgit ^a  

^a Institute for Water Research   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acidovorax sp; Acinetobacter sp; Cytophaga Flavobacterium group; Emulsification; Hydrogenophaga sp; Hydrophobicity; Nocardioform actinomycetes; Rhodococcus sp; Scum; Surface active material

Indexed keywords

FOAMING; NOCARDIOFORMS;

ADHESION; BACTERIA; CELLS; EMULSIFICATION; FLOTATION; FOAM CONTROL; HYDROPHOBICITY; SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANTS;

BIOLOGICAL SEWAGE TREATMENT;

EMULSIFYING AGENT; HYDROCARBON;

BACTERIUM; HYDROPHOBICITY; WASTE WATER; WATER TREATMENT PLANT;

ACINETOBACTER; ACTINOBACTERIA; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CELL SURFACE; CONFERENCE PAPER; EMULSION; FLAVOBACTERIUM; HYDROPHOBICITY; NONHUMAN; RHODOCOCCUS; TAXONOMY; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT;

ACIDOVORAX; ACINETOBACTER; ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CYTOPHAGA; FLAVOBACTERIUM; HYDROGENOPHAGA; RHODOCOCCUS;

EID: 0031831811     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0273-1223(98)00155-3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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