Growth, maintenance and product formation of autotrophs in activated sludge: Taking the nitrite-oxidizing bacteria as an example

Water Research

Volumn 42, Issue 16, 2008, Pages 4261-4270

  Ni, Bing Jie ^a   Fang, Fang ^a   Xie, Wen Ming ^a   Yu, Han Qing ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

Activated sludge; Autotrophs; Extracellular polymeric substances (EPS); Maintenance; Nitrite oxidizing bacteria (NOB); Soluble microbial products (SMP); Substrate inhibition

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BATCH REACTORS; BIOLOGICAL WATER TREATMENT; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; MAINTENANCE; NITRIFICATION; POLYMERS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; AUTOTROPHS; EXTRACELLULAR POLYMERIC SUBSTANCES; NITRITE-OXIDIZING BACTERIA; SOLUBLE MICROBIAL PRODUCTS; SUBSTRATE INHIBITION;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS;

NITRITE; ORGANIC NITROGEN; POLYMER;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; BIOREACTOR; BIOREMEDIATION; GROWTH; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NITRIFICATION; NITRIFYING BACTERIUM; POLYSACCHARIDE; SUBSTRATE; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ARTICLE; AUTOTROPH; BATCH REACTOR; BIODEGRADABILITY; BIOMASS; CYTOLYSIS; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; MICROBIAL BIOMASS; NITRIFICATION; NITRITE OXIDIZING BACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCING BATCH REACTOR; THEORETICAL MODEL;

EID: 52949098341     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2008.06.024     Document Type: Article

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