Identification of the effect of extracellular polymeric substances on bacterial adhesion to the membrane surface in a membrane bioreactor using Pseudomonas fluorescens

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 55, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 35-42

  Yeo, Y ^a   Jang, N ^a   Cho, J ^a   Kim, K S ^b   Kim, I S ^a  

^a Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST)   (South Korea)

^b Korea Institute of Civil Engineering and Building Technology   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Bacterial adhesion; Extracellular polymeric substances; Fouling; Membrane bioreactor

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS; ADHESION; BACTERIA; BIOLOGICAL WATER TREATMENT; BIOPOLYMERS; CONTACT ANGLE; FLOCCULATION; FOULING; HYDROPHOBICITY; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER FILTRATION;

BACTERIAL ADHESION; EXTRACELLULAR POLYMERIC SUBSTANCES; MEMBRANE BIOREACTOR; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS;

BIOREACTORS;

CALCIUM ION; CARBON; OXYGEN; POLYMER;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS; ADHESION; BACTERIA; BIOLOGICAL WATER TREATMENT; BIOPOLYMERS; BIOREACTORS; CONTACT ANGLE; FLOCCULATION; FOULING; HYDROPHOBICITY; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER FILTRATION;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; BACTERIUM; BIOFOULING; BIOREACTOR; MEMBRANE; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; WASTEWATER;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BIOFOULING; BIOREACTOR; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTACT ANGLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FILTER CAKE; FILTRATION; FLOCCULATION; HYDROPHOBICITY; NONHUMAN; PARTICLE SIZE; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT;

BACTERIAL ADHESION; BIOPOLYMERS; BIOREACTORS; CALCIUM; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; SEWAGE; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS;

EID: 33846904826     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2007.026     Document Type: Article

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