Effects of extracellular polymeric substances on aerobic granulation in sequencing batch reactors

Chemosphere

Volumn 63, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1728-1735

  Wang, Zhiping ^a   Liu, Lili ^a   Yao, Jie ^a   Cai, Weimin ^a,b  

^a HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Aerobic granular sludge; Extracellular polymeric substances; Hydrophobicity; Surface charge

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BACTERIOLOGY; CHEMICAL REACTORS; COMPOSITION; GRANULATION; GROWTH KINETICS; HYDROPHOBICITY; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

AEROBIC GRANULAR SLUDGE; EXTRACELLULAR POLYMERIC SUBSTANCES; GRANULES; SURFACE CHARGES;

POLYMERS;

GLUCOSE; POLYMER;

BACTERIA; BACTERIOLOGY; CHEMICAL REACTORS; COMPOSITION; GRANULATION; GROWTH KINETICS; HYDROPHOBICITY; POLYMERS; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

BACTERIUM; GRANULAR MEDIUM; HYDROPHOBICITY; OXIC CONDITIONS; POLYMER; STARVATION;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; EVALUATION; GROWTH REGULATION; HYDROPHOBICITY; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; SEQUENCING BATCH REACTOR; SLUDGE; SLUDGE DIGESTION; SURFACE PROPERTY; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 33646499179     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2005.09.018     Document Type: Article

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