Biomass and porosity profiles in microbial granules used for aerobic wastewater treatment

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 297-301

  Tay, J H ^a   Tay, S T L ^a   Ivanov, V ^a   Pan, S ^a   Jiang, H L ^a   Liu, Q S ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Biomass; Confocal laser scanning microscopy; Microbial granule; Porosity; Wastewater

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; GRANULATION; NUCLEIC ACIDS; RECLAMATION; SURFACE ANALYSIS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

AEROBIC WASTEWATER TREATMENT; CONFOCAL LASER SCANNING MICROSCOPY; CONFOCAL-LASER-SCANNING-MICROSCOPY; CRITICAL DIAMETER; GRANULATED SLUDGES; GRANULE DIAMETER; MICROBIAL BIOMASS; MICROBIAL GRANULES; POROSITY PROFILES; SLUDGE REACTOR;

POROSITY;

ACETIC ACID; ALCOHOL; GLUCOSE;

BIOMASS; GRANULAR MEDIUM; MICROORGANISM; POROSITY; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

BIOMASS; GRAIN SIZE; MICROORGANISM; POROSITY; WATER TREATMENT;

AEROBIC BACTERIUM; AEROBIC REACTOR; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CARBON SOURCE; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; MICROBIAL BIOMASS; NONHUMAN; PARTICLE SIZE; POROSITY; SLUDGE TREATMENT; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER CONTAMINATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0038071571     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1472-765X.2003.01312.x     Document Type: Article

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