Determination of virus abundance, diversity and distribution in a municipal wastewater treatment plant

Water Research

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1101-1109

  Wu, Qinglong ^a   Liu, Wen Tso ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Abundance; Diversity; Municipal wastewater treatment plant; Sludge; Virus particle

Indexed keywords

ELECTROPHORESIS; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEWAGE PUMPING PLANTS; SLUDGE DIGESTION; SODIUM COMPOUNDS; VIRUSES; VORTEX FLOW; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

ABUNDANCE; ACTIVATED SLUDGE; DIGESTION SLUDGE; DIVERSITY; MUNICIPAL SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT; MUNICIPAL WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS; SLUDGE; SODIUM PYROPHOSPHATE; VIRUS PARTICLES; VIRUS-LIKE PARTICLES;

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION;

ABUNDANCE; PHOSPHATE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SEWAGE TREATMENT; SPECIES DIVERSITY; VIRUS; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER;

EID: 60649114276     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2008.11.039     Document Type: Article

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