Microbial community structure and dynamics in a pilot-scale submerged membrane bioreactor aerobically treating domestic wastewater under real operation conditions

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 407, Issue 13, 2009, Pages 3994-4003

  Molina Munoz M ^a,b   Poyatos, J M ^a   Sanchez Peinado M ^a,b   Hontoria, E ^a   Gonzalez Lopez J ^a,b   Rodelas, B ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Domestic wastewater; Submerged membrane bioreactor; TGGE; Wastewater treatment

Indexed keywords

AEROBIC TREATMENTS; BACTERIAL COMMUNITIES; BACTERIAL POPULATIONS; CANONICAL CORRESPONDENCE ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURES; CONCENTRATION OF; DISSOLVED OXYGEN CONCENTRATIONS; DOMESTIC WASTEWATER; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGES; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS; ENVIRONMENTAL VARIABLES; GAINING INSIGHTS; HYDRAULIC RETENTION TIME; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY STRUCTURES; MUNICIPAL WASTEWATERS; OPERATION CONDITIONS; OPERATION PARAMETERS; PILOT-SCALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTIONS; PROTEOBACTERIA; RRNA GENES; SPECIES COMPOSITIONS; SUBMERGED MEMBRANE BIOREACTOR; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; TGGE; ULTRA-FILTRATION MEMBRANES; VOLATILE SUSPENDED SOLIDS;

BACTERIOLOGY; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; BIOCONVERSION; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL WATER TREATMENT; BIOREACTORS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DISSOLUTION; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; EFFLUENTS; ELECTROPHORESIS; GELATION; INDUSTRIAL CHEMICALS; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; MICROFILTRATION; STAGES; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER RECLAMATION; WATER RECYCLING; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

DISSOLVED OXYGEN; RNA 16S; VOLATILE AGENT;

BACTERIUM; BIOREACTOR; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); MEMBRANE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; OXIC CONDITIONS; SLUDGE; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

AEROBIC CAPACITY; ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; ARTICLE; BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; BIOREACTOR; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; GENE SEQUENCE; LAW; MEMBRANE REACTOR; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MINERALIZATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PH; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLUDGE; SUBMERGED MEMBRANE BIOREACTOR; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

AEROBIOSIS; BIOREACTORS; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; PILOT PROJECTS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEOBACTERIA; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; ULTRAFILTRATION; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA;

EID: 67349181248     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2009.03.024     Document Type: Article

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