Altered carbon flow by polyphosphate-accumulating organisms during enhanced biological phosphorus removal

Water Environment Research

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 184-191

  Ahn, Chang Hoon ^a,b   Park, Jae Kwang ^a   Whang, Liang Ming ^c  

^a University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Enhanced biological phosphorus removal; Glyoxylate pathway; Methylmalonyl coa pathway; Poly hydroxyl valerate; Polyphosphate accumulating organisms

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS; BACTERIA; BATCH REACTORS; BIOLOGY; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; PHOSPHORUS; RESTORATION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ENHANCED BIOLOGICAL PHOSPHORUS REMOVAL; FULL SCALE ACTIVATED SLUDGES; GLYOXYLATE PATHWAY; METHYLMALONYL-COA PATHWAY; MUNICIPAL WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS; POLYPHOSPHATE-ACCUMULATING ORGANISMS; SEQUENCING BATCH REACTORS; TRICARBOXYLIC ACID CYCLE;

BIOLOGICAL WATER TREATMENT;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BIOMASS; CARBON FLUX; PHOSPHORUS; SLUDGE; WASTEWATER;

EID: 60849108936     PISSN: 10614303     EISSN: 15547531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2175/106143008X325836     Document Type: Article

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