Variation in biofilm structure and activity along the length of a rising main sewer

Water Environment Research

Volumn 81, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 800-808

  Mohanakrishnan, Janani ^a,b   Sharma, Keshab Raj ^a   Meyer, Rikke Louise ^c   Hamilton, Geoff ^d   Keller, Jurg ^a   Yuan, Zhiguo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b MWH   (Australia)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^d Gold Coast City Council   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anaerobic; Biofilm; Sewer; Spatial; Sulfate reducing bacteria; Sulfide

Indexed keywords

FATTY ACIDS; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; SEWERS; SUBSTRATES; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; SULFUR DETERMINATION; VOLATILE FATTY ACIDS;

ANAEROBIC; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; SPATIAL; SUBSTRATE AVAILABILITIES; SUBSTRATE CONCENTRATIONS; SULFATE REDUCING BACTERIA; SULFIDE; WASTEWATER CHARACTERISTICS;

BIOFILMS;

SULFIDE; VOLATILE FATTY ACID;

ABUNDANCE; ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BIOFILM; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; FATTY ACID; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; SEWER NETWORK; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SUBSTRATE; SULFATE-REDUCING BACTERIUM; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER;

ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; BIOFILM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; DOWNSTREAM PROCESSING; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARAMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLING; SEWER; SIMULATION; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; SULFATE REDUCER; WASTE WATER;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 65449119670     PISSN: 10614303     EISSN: 15547531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2175/106143008X390771     Document Type: Article

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