Purification and conformational analysis of a key exopolysaccharide component of mixed culture aerobic sludge granules

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 44, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 4729-4734

  Seviour, Thomas ^a   Donose, Bogdan C ^b   Pijuan, Maite ^a   Yuan, Zhiguo ^a  

^a Advanced Water Management Centre (AWMC)   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROBIC SLUDGE; ALKALI SOLUTIONS; CONDENSED STRUCTURES; CONFORMATIONAL ANALYSIS; EXOPOLYSACCHARIDES; EXTRACELLULAR POLYMERIC SUBSTANCES; FORMING PROPERTIES; FRACTIONAL PRECIPITATION; HIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MILLI-Q WATER; MIXED CULTURES; SLUDGE FLOCS; THREE COMPONENT; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PROCESS;

ALKALINITY; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CHROMATOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS; COAGULATION; DISSOLUTION; GELATION; GRANULATION; PROTEINS; SUGARS; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER RECLAMATION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER RECYCLING; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

GELS;

ALKALI; EXOPOLYSACCHARIDE; GLYCOSIDE;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CHROMATOGRAPHY; GRANULAR MEDIUM; OXIC CONDITIONS; PH; POLYMER; POLYSACCHARIDE; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); PROTEIN; SLUDGE; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; GEL PERMEATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; MIXED CELL CULTURE; PH; PRECIPITATION; SLUDGE DIGESTION; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

AEROBIOSIS; CARBOHYDRATE CONFORMATION; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GEL; FREEZE DRYING; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL; SEWAGE;

EID: 77953498008     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es100362b     Document Type: Article

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