Analyses of bioflocculation and bacterial communities in sequencing batch reactors

Environmental Engineering Science

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 481-487

  Xie, Bing ^a   Yang, Shu Fang ^b  

^a EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Activated sludge; Bacterial community; Bioflocculation; Sedimentation; Wastewater treatment

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; BACTERIAL COMMUNITY; BIOFLOCCULATION; CARBON SOURCES; CONVENTIONAL ACTIVATED SLUDGES; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; EXTRACELLULAR POLYMERIC SUBSTANCES; INVESTIGATE EFFECTS; LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS; ORGANIC LOADINGS; RUNNING PARAMETERS; SEQUENCING BATCH REACTORS; SHOCK LOADINGS; SLUDGE RETENTION TIME; SLUDGE VOLUME INDICES; SUSPENDED SOLIDS; SYNTHETIC WASTEWATERS;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS; BACTERIA; BACTERIOLOGY; BATCH REACTORS; BIOACTIVITY; EFFLUENTS; ELECTROPHORESIS; FEEDING; GELATION; GLUCOSE; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER RECLAMATION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

ACTIVATED CARBON;

EID: 61949288904     PISSN: 10928758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ees.2007.0291     Document Type: Article

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