Enhancement of nitrifying biofilm formation using selected EPS produced by heterotrophic bacteria

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 197-204

  Tsuneda, S ^a   Park, S ^a   Hayashi, H ^a   Jung, J ^a   Hirata, A ^a  

^a WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Biofilm formation; Carbohydrate; EPS; Extracellular polymeric substances; Heterophic bacteria; Nitrifying bacteria; Uronic acids

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOLOGY; NITROGEN; POLYMERS; POLYSACCHARIDES; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

HETEROTROPHIC BACTERIA;

BIOFILMS;

BACTERIAL POLYSACCHARIDE; BIOPOLYMER; GLUCONIC ACID; URONIC ACID;

BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BIOFILM; BIOREACTOR; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DOMESTIC WASTE; EXPERIMENTATION; EXTRACTION; FLOCCULATION; NITRIFICATION; NITROBACTER; NITROSOMONAS; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; TIME; WASTE WATER; ZETA POTENTIAL;

EID: 0035001914     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2001.0374     Document Type: Conference Paper

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