Dynamics of population and scumming on a full-scale wastewater treatment plant in Switzerland

Acta Hydrochimica et Hydrobiologica

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 216-222

  Hug, Thomas ^a   Ziranke, Mandy ^a   Siegrist, Hansruedi ^a  

^a SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Activated sludge; FISH; Fluorescence in situ hybridization; Foaming; Microthrix parvicella; Nocardioform actinomycetes; Quantification

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; WASTEWATER;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; WASTEWATER;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SWITZERLAND; WORLD;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); CANDIDATUS MICROTHRIX; CANDIDATUS MICROTHRIX PARVICELLA;

EID: 22944448355     PISSN: 03234320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aheh.200400570     Document Type: Article

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