The role of extracellular polymeric substances in the toxicity response of activated sludge bacteria to chemical toxins

Water Research

Volumn 41, Issue 18, 2007, Pages 4177-4185

  Henriques, Inês D S ^a   Love, Nancy G ^a  

^a State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Activated sludge; Extracellular polymeric substances (EPS); Floc structure; Particle size distribution (PSD); Specific oxygen uptake rate (SOUR); Toxins

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIOMASS; BIOPOLYMERS; CADMIUM; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; TOXICITY;

FLOC SIZE; FLOC STRUCTURE; MATRIX FUNCTIONS; RESPIRATION INHIBITION; SPECIFIC OXYGEN UPTAKE RATE;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS;

BIOPOLYMER; CADMIUM; CHEMICAL COMPOUND; CYANIDE; N ETHYLMALEIMIDE; OCTANOL; TOXIN;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS; BACTERIA; BIOMASS; BIOPOLYMERS; CADMIUM; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; TOXICITY;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; BACTERIUM; INHIBITION; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYMER; RESPIRATION; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; TOXIN;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; LIQUID; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEAR STRESS; SLUDGE; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

EID: 34548680744     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2007.05.001     Document Type: Article

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