Adhesion characteristics of nitrifying bacteria in activated sludge

Water Research

Volumn 42, Issue 10-11, 2008, Pages 2814-2826

  Larsen, Poul ^a   Nielsen, Jeppe L ^a   Svendsen, Tore C ^a   Nielsen, Per H ^a  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Activated sludge flocs; Deflocculation; Extracellular polymeric substances; Kolmogorov microscale; Microcolony strength; Nitrification; Nitrosomonas oligotropha; Nitrospira spp.

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS; BACTERIA; CELLS; OXIDATION;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE FLOCS; DEFLOCCULATION; EXTRACELLULAR POLYMERIC SUBSTANCES; KOLMOGOROV MICROSCALE; NITROSOMONAS OLIGOTROPHA; NITROSPIRA SPP.;

NITRIFICATION;

AMMONIA; ORGANIC MATTER; POLYMER;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS; BACTERIA; CELLS; NITRIFICATION; OXIDATION;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ADHESION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EXOPOLYMER; NITRIFICATION; NITRIFYING BACTERIUM; ORGANIC MATTER; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ADHESION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIUM COLONY; CELL COUNT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FORCE; KOLMOGOROV SMIRNOV TEST; NITRIFYING BACTERIUM; NITRITE OXIDIZING BACTERIUM; NITROSOMONAS OLIGOTROPHA; NITROSPIRA; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES;

NITROSOMONAS OLIGOTROPHA; NITROSPIRA;

EID: 43049132093     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2008.02.015     Document Type: Article

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