The source of reducing power in the anaerobic metabolism of polyphosphate accumulating organisms (PAOs) - A mini-review

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 61, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1653-1662

  Zhou, Yan ^a   Pijuan, Maite ^b   Oehmen, Adrian ^c   Yuan, Zhiguo ^b  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSIDADE NOVA DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Enhanced biological phosphorus removal (EBPR); Glycogen accumulating organisms (GAOs); Glycolysis; Metabolic model; Polyphosphate accumulating organisms (PAOs); Tricarboxylic acid (TCA) cycle

Indexed keywords

ENHANCED BIOLOGICAL PHOSPHORUS REMOVAL; GLYCOGEN ACCUMULATING ORGANISMS; METABOLIC MODELS; POLYPHOSPHATE-ACCUMULATING ORGANISMS; TRICARBOXYLIC ACIDS;

ACIDS; GENE EXPRESSION; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; PHOSPHORUS; RESEARCH;

BIOLOGICAL WATER TREATMENT;

ACETYL COENZYME A; BICARBONATE; CARBOHYDRATE; CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; COENZYME A; COPOLYMER; FATTY ACID; FUMARATE REDUCTASE; GLYCOGEN; GLYOXYLIC ACID; ISOCITRATE LYASE; MALATE SYNTHASE; METHYLMALONYL COENZYME A DECARBOXYLASE; OXALOACETIC ACID; PHOSPHORUS; POLY(3 HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID); POLYHYDROXYALKANOATE SYNTHASE; SUCCINATE DEHYDROGENASE; SUCCINIC ACID; TRICARBOXYLIC ACID; POLYPHOSPHATE;

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BACTERIUM; ESTER; GENE EXPRESSION; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; PHOSPHORUS; REDUCTION;

ACCUMULIBACTER; ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ANAEROBIC METABOLISM; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CANDIDATUS COMPETIBACTER PHOSPHATIS; CARBON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CITRIC ACID CYCLE; DECARBOXYLATION; DEFLUVIICOCCUS; ENERGY CONSERVATION; GLYCOLYSIS; MICROORGANISM; NONHUMAN; POLYPHOSPHATE ACCUMULATING ORGANISM; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REDUCTION; SHORT SURVEY; ANAEROBIC GROWTH; GENETICS; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; REVIEW; SEWAGE;

ANAEROBIOSIS; BACTERIA, ANAEROBIC; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; POLYPHOSPHATES; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID;

EID: 77953408937     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2010.983     Document Type: Short Survey

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