Effect of pH on the production of bacterial polyhydroxyalkanoates by mixed cultures enriched under periodic feeding

Process Biochemistry

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 714-723

  Villano, Marianna ^a   Beccari, Mario ^a   Dionisi, Davide ^a   Lampis, Silvia ^b   Miccheli, Alfredo ^a   Vallini, Giovanni ^b   Majone, Mauro ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (DGGE); Organic load rate (OLR); pH; Polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHA); Sequencing batch reactor (SBR); Storage

Indexed keywords

DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; ORGANIC LOAD RATE (OLR); ORGANIC LOAD RATES; POLYHYDROXYALKANOATES; SEQUENCING BATCH REACTORS;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS; BACTERIOLOGY; BATCH REACTORS; COPOLYMERIZATION; ELECTROPHORESIS; GELS;

PH EFFECTS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LAMPROPEDIA HYALINA;

EID: 77950296763     PISSN: 13595113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.procbio.2010.01.008     Document Type: Article

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