Population dynamics in anaerobic wastewater reactors: Modelling and in situ characterization

Water Research

Volumn 33, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 2392-2402

  Merkel, Wolf ^a   Manz, Werner ^b   Szewzyk, Ulrich ^b   Krauth, Karlheinz ^a  

^a Institut für Siedlungswasserbau   (Germany)

^b TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anaerobic wastewater treatment; In situ hybridization; Mathematical modelling; Population dynamics

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; CHEMICAL EQUIPMENT; DEGRADATION; FLUORESCENCE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION; ORGANIC ACIDS; RNA; SUBSTRATES;

ANAEROBIC WASTEWATER REACTORS; BUTYRIC; EPIFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LACTIC; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PROPIONIC; SOLID RETENTION TIME;

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION;

ACETIC ACID; PROPIONIC ACID; RIBOSOME RNA;

BIOLOGICAL ENVIRONMENT; WASTEWATER;

ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; BIOREACTOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GAS TRANSPORT; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NONHUMAN; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBE; PH; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

ARCHAEA; METHANOSAETA;

EID: 0033008555     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0043-1354(98)00454-0     Document Type: Article

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