The use of the tetrazolium salt XTT for the estimation of biological activity of activated sludge cultivated under steady-state and transient regimes

Journal of Microbiological Methods

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 255-263

  Bensaid, Anouar ^a   Thierie, Jacques ^a   Penninckx, Michel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Activated sludge; Chemostat; Steady state; Tetrazolium salts; Transient regimes; XTT

Indexed keywords

3' [1(PHENYLAMINO)CARBONYL] BIS(4 METHOXY 6 NITRO)BENZENESULFONIC ACID HYDRATE; 3,5 DICHLOROPHENOL; FORMAZAN; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; POTASSIUM CYANIDE; TETRAZOLIUM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BIOMASS; CHEMOSTAT; COLORIMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REDUCTION; STEADY STATE;

BACTERIA; BIOMASS; CHLOROPHENOLS; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; FORMAZANS; INDICATORS AND REAGENTS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; POTASSIUM CYANIDE; SEWAGE; TETRAZOLIUM SALTS;

EID: 0034062076     PISSN: 01677012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-7012(00)00130-5     Document Type: Article

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