Experimental evaluation of decrease in the activities of polyphosphate/glycogen-accumulating organisms due to cell death and activity decay in activated sludge

Biotechnology and Bioengineering

Volumn 106, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 399-407

  Hao, Xiaodi ^a   Wang, Qilin ^a   Cao, Yali ^a   Van Loosdrecht, Mark C M ^b  

^a BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF CIVIL ENGINEERING AND ARCHITECTURE   (China)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Decay rate; Endogenous respiration; Fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH); Live dead staining; Phosphate release rate (PRR); Volatile fatty acid (VFA) uptake rate (VFAUR)

Indexed keywords

DECAY RATE; ENDOGENOUS RESPIRATION; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LIVE/DEAD STAINING; PHOSPHATE RELEASE RATE; UPTAKE RATE; VOLATILE FATTY ACIDS;

ACIDS; ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS; BACTERIOLOGY; BATCH REACTORS; BIOACTIVITY; CELL CULTURE; CELL DEATH; DECAY (ORGANIC); FATTY ACIDS; FISH; FLUORESCENCE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FOOD SUPPLY; RNA;

POPULATION STATISTICS;

GLYCOGEN; PHOSPHATE; POLYPHOSPHATE; VOLATILE FATTY ACID;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ANAEROBIC METABOLISM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BIOMASS DECAY; CELL DEATH; ENRICHMENT CULTURE; FATTY ACID TRANSPORT; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GLYCOGEN ACCUMULATING ORGANISM; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL BIOMASS; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; ORGANISMS BY METABOLISM; PHOSPHATE METABOLISM; POLYPHOSPHATE ACCUMULATING ORGANISM; SEQUENCING BATCH REACTOR;

ANAEROBIOSIS; BACTERIA; BIOREACTORS; CELL DEATH; CELL MEMBRANE; GLYCOGEN; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; POLYPHOSPHATES; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEWAGE; STAINING AND LABELING;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 77953577254     PISSN: 00063592     EISSN: 10970290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bit.22703     Document Type: Article

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