Granule formation mechanisms within an aerobic wastewater system for phosphorus removal

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 76, Issue 22, 2010, Pages 7588-7597

  Barr, Jeremy J ^a,b   Cook, Andrew E ^a   Bond, Phillip L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b Environmental Biotechnology Cooperative Research Centre   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCUMULIBACTER; BIOLOGICAL PHOSPHORUS REMOVAL; COMPETIBACTER; ECONOMIC ADVANTAGES; ENGINEERING ASPECTS; FORMATION MECHANISM; GRANULAR SLUDGE; GRANULE FORMATIONS; INITIAL STAGES; LABORATORY SCALE; MICROBIAL AGGREGATES; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; MICROBIAL ECOLOGY; MIXED MICROBIAL POPULATION; PHOSPHORUS REMOVAL; PHYLOGENETIC ANALYSIS; SEQUENCING BATCH REACTORS; SLUDGE REACTOR; SLUDGE SYSTEMS; START-UP PROCEDURE; WASTE WATER SYSTEMS;

AGGREGATES; BACTERIA; BACTERIOLOGY; BATCH REACTORS; BIOLOGICAL WATER TREATMENT; CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); ECOLOGY; GRANULAR MATERIALS; PHOSPHORUS; REACTOR OPERATION; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

GRANULATION;

BACTERIAL DNA; PHOSPHORUS; RIBOSOME DNA; RNA 16S;

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BACTERIUM; BIOREACTOR; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; FLOCCULATION; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; OPTIMIZATION; PHOSPHORUS; PHYLOGENETICS; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER;

AEROBIC METABOLISM; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BIOREACTOR; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CYTOLOGY; DNA SEQUENCE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROSCOPY; PHYLOGENY; SEWAGE;

AEROBIOSIS; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL ADHESION; BIOREACTORS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; MICROSCOPY; PHOSPHORUS; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEWAGE;

ACCUMULIBACTER PHOSPHATIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANDIDATUS COMPETIBACTER PHOSPHATIS;

EID: 78149384003     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00864-10     Document Type: Article

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