Fractionation of soluble microbial products (SMP) and soluble extracellular polymeric substances (EPS) from wastewater sludge

Environmental Technology

Volumn 29, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1127-1138

  Tsai, B N ^a   Chang, C H ^a   Lee, D J ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Dissolved organic carbon; Excitation emission matrix; Extracellular polymeric substances; Size exclusion chromatography; Sludge; Soluble microbial products

Indexed keywords

AROMATIZATION; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; COAGULATION; DISSOLUTION; ORGANIC ACIDS; ORGANIC CARBON; PROTEINS; STREAM FLOW;

DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; EXCITATION EMISSION MATRICES; EXTRA-CELLULAR POLYMERIC SUBSTANCES; SLUDGE; SOLUBLE MICROBIAL PRODUCTS;

SIZE EXCLUSION CHROMATOGRAPHY;

ALUMINUM CHLORIDE; CARBOXYLIC ACID; ORGANIC CARBON; POLYMER; POLYSACCHARIDE;

COAGULATION; MICROORGANISMS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; SIZE EXCLUSION CHROMATOGRAPHY; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

CHLORIDE; COAGULATION; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; EXOPOLYMER; FRACTIONATION; SLUDGE; SOLUBILITY; WASTEWATER;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; EXCITATION; FRACTIONATION; GEL PERMEATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; SLUDGE; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY; WASTE WATER;

EID: 50649116159     PISSN: 09593330     EISSN: 1479487X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09593330802217740     Document Type: Article

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