Use of a similarity index based on microbial fatty acid (mfa) analysis to monitor biological wastewater treatment systems

Environmental Technology (United Kingdom)

Volumn 24, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1147-1156

  Son, K S ^a   Hall, E R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biomass; Fatty acid; Microbial community structure; Monitoring; Similarity index

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL WATER TREATMENT; BIOMASS; FATTY ACIDS; MICROORGANISMS; MONITORING; RECLAMATION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

BIOLOGICAL WASTE WATER TREATMENT; BIOMASS CONCENTRATIONS; CONVENTIONAL ACTIVATED SLUDGES; LAB-SCALE BIOREACTORS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY STRUCTURES; MIXED LIQUOR VOLATILE SUSPENDED SOLIDS; SIMILARITY INDICES; WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM;

VOLATILE FATTY ACIDS;

CHLORINE; FATTY ACID; ORGANIC COMPOUND; VOLATILE AGENT;

BIOLOGICAL TREATMENT; FATTY ACID; MICROORGANISM; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; BIOMASS; BIOREACTOR; CALCULATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; FATTY ACID ANALYSIS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICROBIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PH; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0242609949     PISSN: 09593330     EISSN: 1479487X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09593330309385655     Document Type: Article

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