Integrating process engineering and microbiology tools to advance activated sludge wastewater treatment research and development

Reviews in Environmental Science and Biotechnology

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 83-97

  Keller, Jürg ^a   Yuan, Zhiguo ^a   Blackall, Linda L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

BNR; Denitrification; EBPR; FISH; GAO; Microsensors; Molecular tools; Nitrification; PAO; Process modelling and simulation; Respirometry; Wastewater R D

Indexed keywords

EID: 2442576601     PISSN: 15691705     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1015187630064     Document Type: Article

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