Activated sludge behaviour in a batch reactor in the presence of antibiotics: Study of extracellular polymeric substances

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 61, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 3147-3155

  Avella, A C ^a   Essendoubi, M ^b   Louvet, J N ^c   Gorner T ^a   Sockalingum, G D ^b   Pons, M N ^c   Manfait, M ^b   De Donato, Ph ^a  

^a Nancy University   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE REIMS CHAMPAGNE ARDENNE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Fourier transform infrared micro spectroscopy; Size exclusion chromatography; Sludge extracellular polymers substances

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; AMOXICILLIN; EXTRA CELLULAR POLYMERS; EXTRACELLULAR POLYMERIC SUBSTANCES; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED MICRO-SPECTROSCOPY; FTIR SPECTROSCOPY; MUNICIPAL SLUDGE; PROTECTION MECHANISMS; ROXITHROMYCIN; SIZE EXCLUSION; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; TOXIC AGENTS;

ANTIBIOTICS; BACTERIOLOGY; BATCH REACTORS; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; GEL PERMEATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; NITROGEN REMOVAL; POLYMERS;

SIZE EXCLUSION CHROMATOGRAPHY;

AMOXICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ERYTHROMYCIN; EXTRACELLULAR POLYMERIC SUBSTANCE; NITROGEN; POLYMER; POLYSACCHARIDE; ROXITHROMYCIN; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; TETRACYCLINE; TOXIC SUBSTANCE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ANTIBIOTICS; BIOREACTOR; CHROMATOGRAPHY; FTIR SPECTROSCOPY; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; POLYMER; TOXIC SUBSTANCE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BATCH REACTOR; BIOMASS; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CHROMATOGRAPHY; EXTRACTION; HEAVY METAL REMOVAL; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; INHIBITION KINETICS; MOLECULAR SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PROTECTION; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY; WASTE WATER; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT; BIOREACTOR; GEL CHROMATOGRAPHY; INFRARED SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; SEWAGE; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

AMOXICILLIN; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BIOREACTORS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GEL; ERYTHROMYCIN; NITROGEN; POLYMERS; ROXITHROMYCIN; SEWAGE; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, INFRARED; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; TETRACYCLINE;

EID: 77956629445     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2010.924     Document Type: Article

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