Pilot-scale evaluation of the application of low pH-inducible polyphosphate accumulation to the biological removal of phosphate from wastewaters

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 296-301

  Mullan, Alan ^a   McGrath, John W ^a   Adamson, Tom ^b   Irwin, Sam ^b   Quinn, John P ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b Northern Ireland Regional Genetics Service   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CELLS; PH EFFECTS; PHOSPHORUS; PILOT PLANTS; SEWAGE SLUDGE; WASTEWATER;

MICROBIAL CULTURES; PILOT-SCALE EVALUATION; SINGLE-STAGE REACTOR; SLUDGE PILOT PLANT;

PHOSPHATES;

PHOSPHATE; POLYPHOSPHATE;

POLLUTANT REMOVAL; WASTEWATER;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOTECHNOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; NONHUMAN; PH MEASUREMENT; PHOSPHATE REMOVAL; PHOSPHATE TRANSPORT; PILOT STUDY; SLUDGE SETTLING; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WASTE WATER;

AEROBIOSIS; BIOREACTORS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; PHOSPHATES; POLYPHOSPHATES; SEWAGE; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID;

EID: 30344456409     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es0509782     Document Type: Article

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