Comment on "Could polyphosphate-accumulating organisms (PAOs) be glycogen-accumulating organisms (GAOs)?" by Zhou, Y., Pijuan, M., Zeng, R., Lu, Huabing and Yuan Z. Water Res. (2008) doi:10.1016/j.waterres.2008.01.003

Water Research

Volumn 42, Issue 13, 2008, Pages 3561-3562

  Lopez Vazquez, Carlos M ^a,b   Brdjanovic, Damir ^a   Van Loosdrecht, Mark C M ^b  

^a UNESCO IHE INSTITUTE FOR WATER EDUCATION   (Netherlands)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLYCOGEN; POLYPHOSPHATE;

BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CARBON SOURCE; GLYCOGEN ACCUMULATING ORGANISM; MICROBIAL DEGRADATION; NOTE; POLYPHOSPHATE ACCUMULATING ORGANISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 54049126178     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2008.03.019     Document Type: Note

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