Involvement of crawling and attached ciliates in the aggregation of particles in wastewater treatment plants

Air, Soil and Water Research

Volumn 1, Issue , 2008, Pages 13-19

  Arregui, Lucía ^a   Linares, María ^a   Pérez Uz, Blanca ^a   Guinea, Almudena ^a   Serrano, Susana ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bioaggregation; Ciliates; Extracellular polymeric substances (EPS); Wastewater treatment

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CILIOPHORA; EUPLOTES; VORTICELLA;

EID: 77957315471     PISSN: 11786221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4137/aswr.s752     Document Type: Article

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