On the dynamics and function of ciliates in sequencing batch biofilm reactors

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 189-196

  Fried, Johannes ^a,b   Lemmer, H ^c  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^c Bayerisches Landesamt   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ciliophora; Epistylis; Fixed bed reactor; Opercularia; Seasonal dynamics; Wastewater quality

Indexed keywords

BIOFILMS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

SEQUENCING BATCH BIOFILM REACTORS (SBBR);

BIOREACTORS;

WATER;

BIOFILM; BIOREACTOR; FIXED BED; MICROORGANISM; SEQUENCING BATCH REACTOR; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BIOFILM; BIOFILM REACTOR; CILIARY MOTILITY; CILIATE; CLAY; COMMUNITY SUCCESSION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FIXED BED REACTOR; INGESTION; METAZOON; MICROBIAL IDENTIFICATION; MICROBIAL METABOLISM; MICROBIAL POPULATION DYNAMICS; MONITORING; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT; ORGANISM COLONY; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; PROTOZOON; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; ROTIFERA; SEQUENCING BATCH REACTOR; SPECIES; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; VIDEORECORDING; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT; WATER FLOW;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CILIOPHORA; EPISTYLIS; METAZOA; OXYSTOMINA; PERITRICHIA; PROTISTA; PROTOZOA; ROTIFERA;

EID: 0037265329     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2003.0316     Document Type: Conference Paper

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