Molecular and modeling analyses of the structure and function of nitrifying activated sludge

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 51-59

  Rittmann, Bruce E ^a   Laspidou, Chrysi S ^a   Flax, Jodi ^a   Stahl, David A ^a   Urbain, Vincent ^b   Harduin, Hervé ^b   Van Der Waarde, Jaap J ^c   Geurkink, Bert ^c   Henssen, Maurice J C ^c   Brouwer, Harry ^d   Klapwijk, Abraham ^d   Wetterauw, Maarten ^e  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Ctr Intl Rech Sur l'Eau l'E   (France)

^c Bioclear Environmental Biotechnology   (Netherlands)

^d WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e Vertis bv   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Active biomass; Biological treatment; Heterotrophs; Microbial ecology; Modeling; Molecular analyses; Nitrifiers; Oligonucleotide probes

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; MATHEMATICAL MODELING; TREATMENT PLANT;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; BIOMASS; CONFERENCE PAPER; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NITRIFICATION; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBE; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0032918212     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0273-1223(98)00775-6     Document Type: Conference Paper

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