Cell surface and exopolymer characterization of laboratory stabilized activated sludge from a beverage bottling plant

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 175-184

  Boyette, S M ^a   Lovett, J M ^a   Gaboda, W G ^a   Soares, J A ^a  

^a BetzDearborn   (United States)

Author keywords

Activated sludge; Exopolysaccharides; Hydrophobicity; Surface charge

Indexed keywords

BOTTLING PLANTS; GLUCOSE; HYDROPHOBICITY; POLYSACCHARIDES; SUGAR (SUCROSE); TITRATION; WASTEWATER;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE;

SEWAGE SLUDGE;

GLUCOSE; POLYMER; POLYSACCHARIDE; SUCROSE; BIOPOLYMER;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BEVERAGE; BIODEGRADATION; CELL SURFACE; COLLOID; CONFERENCE PAPER; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY; FERMENTATION; FOOD INDUSTRY; HYDROPHOBICITY; NONHUMAN; SLUDGE STABILIZATION; SURFACE CHARGE; SURFACE PROPERTY; WASTE WATER; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BIOREACTOR; BIOREMEDIATION; CELL MEMBRANE; CHEMISTRY; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FLOCCULATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; MICROBIOLOGY; SEWAGE;

BACTERIA; BACTERIAL ADHESION; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIOPOLYMERS; BIOREACTORS; CELL MEMBRANE; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FERMENTATION; FLOCCULATION; GLUCOSE; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; SEWAGE; SUCROSE; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID;

EID: 0035003948     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2001.0369     Document Type: Conference Paper

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