Filamentous granular sludge bulking in a laboratory scale UASB reactor

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 99, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 3431-3438

  Li, Jinye ^a   Hu, Baolan ^a   Zheng, Ping ^a   Qaisar, Mahmood ^a   Mei, Lingling ^b  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ZHEJIANG PROVINCIAL CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

Author keywords

Bulking; Filamentous bacteria; Granular sludge; UASB

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL REACTORS; ELECTROPHORESIS; FLOTATION; GRANULAR MATERIALS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

FILAMENTOUS BACTERIA; GRANULAR SLUDGE;

SEWAGE SLUDGE;

CHEMICAL REACTORS; ELECTROPHORESIS; FLOTATION; GRANULAR MATERIALS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEWAGE SLUDGE;

BIOREACTOR; ELECTROKINESIS; GEL; LABORATORY METHOD; METHANOGENIC BACTERIUM; POROSITY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SLUDGE;

ANAEROBIC REACTOR; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM; BIODEGRADATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; LABORATORY; METHANOBACTERIUM; METHANOBACTERIUM FORMICICUM; METHANOGENESIS; METHANOSAETA CONCILII; MICROFLORA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POROSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESSING; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SLUDGE SETTLING; UPFLOW REACTOR; ANAEROBIC GROWTH; ARCHAEBACTERIUM; BIOREACTOR; ELECTROPHORESIS; GENETICS; PARTICLE SIZE; PHYLOGENY; PILOT STUDY; SEWAGE; TIME; VOLATILIZATION;

METHANOBACTERIUM FORMICICUM; METHANOSAETA CONCILII;

ARCHAEAL RNA; RNA 16S;

ANAEROBIOSIS; ARCHAEA; BASE SEQUENCE; BIOREACTORS; ELECTROPHORESIS; PARTICLE SIZE; PHYLOGENY; PILOT PROJECTS; RNA, ARCHAEAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEWAGE; TIME FACTORS; VOLATILIZATION;

EID: 43849092149     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2007.08.005     Document Type: Article

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