Microbial community in conventional and extended aeration activated sludge plants in India

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 550-554

  Tyagi, Vinay Kumar ^a   Subramaniyan, Shankar ^a   Kazmi, Absar Ahmad ^a   Chopra, A K ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ROORKEE   (India)

^b GURUKUL KANGRI UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Activated sludge process; BOD; Ciliated protozoa; Coliforms; Extended aeration process; Suspended solids

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; PLANTS (BOTANY); PROTOZOA; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS); WATER AERATION;

CILIATED PROTOZOA; COLIFORMS; EXTENDED AERATION PROCESS; SUSPENDED SOLIDS;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; AERATION; AMMONIA; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; FECAL COLIFORM; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; POPULATION DENSITY; PROTOZOAN; TURBIDITY; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WASTEWATER;

ASIA; EURASIA; HARIDWAR; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA; UTTARAKHAND;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BEGGIATOA; MYXOZOA; PROTOZOA; STREPTOCOCCUS;

EID: 40649106957     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2007.07.002     Document Type: Article

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