Performance of a pilot-scale submerged membrane bioreactor (MBR) in treating bathing wastewater

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 99, Issue 15, 2008, Pages 6834-6843

  Xia, Siqing ^a   Guo, Jifeng ^a   Wang, Rongchang ^a  

^a BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

Author keywords

Bathing wastewater; MBR; Membrane fouling; Molecular based methods

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; BIOFILMS; BIOREACTORS; ELECTROPHORESIS;

BATHING WASTEWATER; MEMBRANE FOULING; MOLECULAR-BASED METHODS;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

AMMONIA; NITROGEN;

AMMONIA; BIOFILMS; BIOREACTORS; ELECTROPHORESIS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

BACTERIUM; BIOFILM; BIOREACTOR; ELECTROKINESIS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MEMBRANE; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BATH; BIOFILM; BIOREACTOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE SEQUENCE; HEAVY METAL REMOVAL; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; OCHROBACTRUM ANTHROPI; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTANT;

BASE SEQUENCE; BATHS; BIOREACTORS; DNA PROBES; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; NITROGEN; PILOT PROJECTS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

ENTEROBACTER SP.; NITROBACTERIA; OCHROBACTRUM ANTHROPI; PSEUDOMONAS SP.;

EID: 44649087684     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2008.01.044     Document Type: Article

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