Exploring the relationship between viscous bulking and ammonia-oxidiser abundance in activated sludge: A comparison of conventional and IFAS systems

Water Research

Volumn 44, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 2919-2929

  van den Akker, Ben ^a   Beard, Helen ^b   Kaeding, Uwe ^b   Giglio, Steven ^c   Short, Michael D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b United Water International   (Australia)

^c AUSTRALIAN WATER QUALITY CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Activated sludge plant; Ammonia oxidising bacteria; AOB; Carbohydrate; Carbon to nitrogen ratio; EPS; IFAS; Polysaccharide; Protein; qPCR; Sludge bulking

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS; AMMONIA; BACTERIA; CARBOHYDRATES; GENOME; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN; ORGANIC CARBON; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PLANTS; ACTIVATED SLUDGE SYSTEMS; AMMONIA OXIDIZING BACTERIA; CARBON-TO-NITROGEN RATIO; EPS; INTEGRATED FIXED-FILM ACTIVATED SLUDGE; QUANTITATIVE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SLUDGE BULKING; TOTAL BACTERIA;

PROTEINS;

AMMONIA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BULKING AGENT; CARBOHYDRATE; ORGANIC CARBON; POLYSACCHARIDE;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; AMMONIA; BACTERIUM; CARBOHYDRATE; NITRIFICATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYSACCHARIDE; PROTEIN;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; FIXED FILM REACTOR; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIQUID; MICROBIAL BIOMASS; NITRIFICATION; NITROSOMONAS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; VISCOSITY; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT;

NITROSOMONAS OLIGOTROPHA;

EID: 77950953719     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2010.02.016     Document Type: Article

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