Structure and stability of aerobic granules cultivated under different shear force in sequencing batch reactors

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 76, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1199-1208

  Chen, Yao ^a,b   Jiang, Wenju ^a   Liang, David Tee ^b   Tay, Joo Hwa ^b  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Aerobic granule; Fractal dimension (Df); Granule structure; Shear force; Stability

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; GRANULAR MATERIALS; MORPHOLOGY; ROBUST CONTROL;

AEROBIC GRANULES; AIR VELOCITY; GRANULE STRUCTURE; GROWTH FORCE; SHEAR FORCE;

BATCH REACTORS;

EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; MICROORGANISM; MORPHOLOGY; SHEAR STRESS;

AEROBIC CELL CULTURE; ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; GRANULE CELL; NONHUMAN; SEQUENCING BATCH REACTOR; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

AEROBIOSIS; BACTERIA, AEROBIC; BACTERIAL ADHESION; BIOREACTORS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; PARTICLE SIZE; SHEAR STRENGTH; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 34548694983     PISSN: 01757598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00253-007-1085-7     Document Type: Article

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