The microbiology of biological phosphorus removal in activated sludge systems

FEMS Microbiology Reviews

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 99-127

  Seviour, Robert J ^a,b   Mino, Takashi ^a   Onuki, Motoharu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

'G bacteria'; Activated sludge; Enhanced biological phosphorus removal; Glycogen accumulating organism; Phosphorus accumulating organism; Rhodocyclus

Indexed keywords

PHOSPHORUS; RIBOSOME RNA;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; EXTRACTION; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROFLORA; MOLECULAR MODEL; NONHUMAN; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REVIEW; SEPARATION TECHNIQUE; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE;

RHODOCYCLUS;

EID: 0037383781     PISSN: 01686445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-6445(03)00021-4     Document Type: Review

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