Production of soluble microbial products (SMP) in anaerobic chemostats under nutrient deficiency

Journal of Environmental Engineering

Volumn 129, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1007-1014

  Aquino, Sérgio F ^a   Stuckey, David C ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chemical oxygen demand; Effluents; Methane; Microbes; Nutrients; Organic mathers; Polymers

Indexed keywords

ASSAYS; CARBOHYDRATES; CARBON; CELLS; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; DNA; EFFLUENTS; POLYMERS; PROTEINS;

ANAEROBIC SYSTEMS; SOLUBLE MICROBIAL PRODUCTS (SMP);

CHEMOSTATS;

CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; MICROORGANISM; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT; PHOSPHORUS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

GADUS MORHUA;

EID: 0344961322     PISSN: 07339372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9372(2003)129:11(1007)     Document Type: Article

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