Microbiology and biochemistry of the enhanced biological phosphate removal process

Water Research

Volumn 32, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 3193-3207

  Mino, T ^a   Van Loosdrecht, M C M ^b   Heijnen, J J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Enhanced biological phosphate removal (EBPR); Glycogen; Glycogen accumulating organisms (GAOs); Polyhydroxy alkanoates (PHA); Polyphosphate accumulating organisms (PAOs); Succinate propionate pathway; TCA cycle

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); DENITRIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROORGANISMS; PHOSPHATES;

ENHANCED BIOLOGICAL PHOSPHATE REMOVAL (EBPR); GLYCOGEN ACCUMULATING ORGANISMS (GAO); POLYPHOSPHATE ACCUMULATING ORGANISMS (PAO);

BIOLOGICAL SEWAGE TREATMENT;

GLYCOGEN; PHOSPHATE; POLYPHOSPHATE;

BIOCHEMISTRY; BIODEGRADATION; DENITRIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SLUDGE; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0032210903     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0043-1354(98)00129-8     Document Type: Review

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