Polyhydroxyalkanoate synthesis using different carbon sources by two enhanced biological phosphorus removal microbial communities

Process Biochemistry

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 97-105

  Pijuan, Maite ^a,b   Casas, Carles ^a   Baeza, Juan Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Enhanced biological phosphorus removal (EBPR); Polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA); Polyphosphate accumulating organisms (PAO); Volatile fatty acid (VFA)

Indexed keywords

ACIDS; ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS; BATCH REACTORS; BIODEGRADABLE POLYMERS; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BIOMASS; BIOPOLYMERS; FATTY ACIDS; GLUCOSE; METAL RECOVERY; PHOSPHORUS; PLASTICS; POLYMERS; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER RECLAMATION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER TREATMENT; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

ACTIVATED SLUDGES; BIODEGRADABLE PLASTICS; CARBON SOURCES; CARBON STORAGES; ENHANCED BIOLOGICAL PHOSPHORUS REMOVAL (EBPR); MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES; MIXED CULTURES; OPERATIONAL CONDITIONS; POLYHYDROXYALKANOATE (PHA); POLYHYDROXYBUTYRATE; POLYHYDROXYVALERATE; POLYPHOSPHATE ACCUMULATING ORGANISMS (PAO); REMOVAL CAPACITIES; SEQUENCING BATCH REACTORS; SOLE CARBON SOURCES; STERILE CONDITIONS; TOTAL AMOUNTS; VOLATILE FATTY ACID (VFA); WASTE STREAMS; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

BIOLOGICAL WATER TREATMENT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 58049215448     PISSN: 13595113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.procbio.2008.09.017     Document Type: Article

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