Metabolic analysis of the removal of formic acid by unacclimated activated sludge

Water Research

Volumn 44, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 3393-3400

  Viggi, Carolina Cruz ^a   Dionisi, Davide ^a   Miccheli, Alfredo ^a   Valerio, Mariacristina ^b   Majone, Mauro ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b REGINA ELENA NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Activated sludge; Formic acid; NMR, 13C, isotopomer analysis

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS; AMINO ACIDS; BIOMASS; FORMIC ACID; METABOLISM; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; BATCH TESTS; ISOTOPOMER ANALYSIS; METABOLIC ANALYSIS; MUNICIPAL ACTIVATED SLUDGE; NMR ANALYSIS; NMR, 13C, ISOTOPOMER ANALYSE; OXYGEN UPTAKE RATES; REMOVAL RATE; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

FORMALDEHYDE;

ACETIC ACID; FORMALDEHYDE; FORMIC ACID; GLYCINE; POLYHYDROXYALKANOIC ACID; SERINE;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; BIOMASS; FORMALDEHYDE; FORMIC ACID; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; AMINO ACID SYNTHESIS; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CARBON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; METABOLISM; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT;

EID: 77953028701     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2010.03.032     Document Type: Article

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