Modeling the PAO-GAO competition: Effects of carbon source, pH and temperature

Water Research

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 450-462

  Lopez Vazquez, Carlos M ^a,e   Oehmen, Adrian ^b   Hooijmans, Christine M ^a   Brdjanovic, Damir ^a   Gijzen, Huub J ^a,c   Yuan, Zhiguo ^d   van Loosdrecht, Mark C M ^e  

^a UNESCO IHE INSTITUTE FOR WATER EDUCATION   (Netherlands)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE QUÍMICA   (Portugal)

^c UNESCO Office   (Indonesia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^e DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Defluviicoccus vanus; Enhanced biological phosphorus removal (EBPR); Metabolic modeling; Microbial competition; Poly hydroxyalkanoates (PHA); Volatile fatty acids (VFA)

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL SEWAGE TREATMENT; BIOLOGICAL WATER TREATMENT; METABOLISM; MICROORGANISMS; PH EFFECTS; SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANTS; TEMPERATURE; VOLATILE FATTY ACIDS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

BIOLOGICAL PHOSPHORUS REMOVAL PROCESS; DEFLUVIICOCCUS VANUS; DIFFERENT CARBON SOURCES; ENHANCED BIOLOGICAL PHOSPHORUS REMOVAL; GLYCOGEN ACCUMULATING ORGANISMS; METABOLIC MODELING; MICROBIAL COMPETITION; MODERATE TEMPERATURE;

PRASEODYMIUM COMPOUNDS;

BACTERIUM; CARBON; METABOLISM; PH; PHOSPHORUS; SEWAGE TREATMENT;

ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANDIDATUS COMPETIBACTER;

EID: 58749107494     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2008.10.032     Document Type: Article

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