The behaviour of polyphosphate accumulating acinetobacter isolates in an anaerobic-aerobic chemostat

Water Research

Volumn 32, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 2903-2912

  Tandoi, Valter ^a   Majone, Mauro ^b   May, John ^c   Ramadori, Roberto ^a  

^a WATER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acinetobacter; Anaerobic aerobic chemostat; Biological phosphate removal

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIOTECHNOLOGY; PHOSPHATES; REMOVAL;

ANAEROBIC-AEROBIC CHEMOSTAT;

SLUDGE DISPOSAL;

ACETIC ACID; PHOSPHATE; POLYHYDROXYALKANOIC ACID; POLYPHOSPHATE;

ACINETOBACTER; ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; ARTICLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0032189658     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0043-1354(98)00079-7     Document Type: Article

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