Fatty acid methyl ester (FAME) analysis for monitoring Nocardia levels in activated sludge

Water Research

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 1964-1966

  Cha, Daniel K ^a   Fuhrmann, Jeffry J ^a   Kim, Dong W ^a   Golt, Caroline M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Activated sludge foaming; FAME analysis; Nocardia quantification

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; EFFLUENT TREATMENT; ESTERS; FATTY ACIDS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE FOAMING; FATTY ACID METHYL ESTERS (FAME);

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS;

FATTY ACID ESTER;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ARTICLE; FUNGUS CULTURE; NOCARDIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

FUNGI; NOCARDIA;

EID: 0033151366     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0043-1354(98)00416-3     Document Type: Article

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