Effect of formaldehyde on biofilm activity and morphology in an ultracompact biofilm reactor for carbonaceous wastewater treatment

Water Environment Research

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 372-380

  Ong, Say Leong ^a   Sarkar, Suhash Kumar ^a   Lee, Lai Yoke ^a   Hu, Jiang Yong ^a   Ng, How Yong ^a   Van Loosdrecht, Mark ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Attached growth system; Biofilm; Filamentous growth; Formaldehyde; Toxicity; Ultracompact biofilm reactor

Indexed keywords

BIOFILMS; BIOREACTORS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); FORMALDEHYDE; GLUCOSE; MORPHOLOGY;

BIOFILM MORPHOLOGY; BIOMASS ACTIVITY; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND (COD);

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

CARBON; FORMALDEHYDE; GLUCOSE; OXYGEN;

BIOFILMS; BIOREACTORS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); FORMALDEHYDE; GLUCOSE; MORPHOLOGY; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

BIOFILM; BIOMASS; FORMALDEHYDE; GLUCOSE; MORPHOLOGY; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; BIOFILM; BIOFILM REACTOR; BIOMASS; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); MICROBIAL GROWTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRACOMPACT BIOFILM REACTOR; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; BIOREACTOR; BIOREMEDIATION; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; SEWAGE; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTANT;

BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIOFILMS; BIOREACTORS; FORMALDEHYDE; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; OXYGEN; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 33749162685     PISSN: 10614303     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2175/106143006X98787     Document Type: Article

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