Surface properties of bacteria from activated sludge in relation to bioflocculation

Journal of Environmental Sciences

Volumn 22, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1840-1845

  Xie, Bing ^a   Gu, Jidong ^b   Lu, Jun ^c,d  

^a EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Activated sludge; Bioflocculation; Hydrophobicity; Pure culture; potential

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIOMOLECULES; CELLS; FLOCCULATION; HYDROPHOBICITY; PROTEINS; ZETA POTENTIAL;

16S RDNA SEQUENCING; ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ALCALIGENES FAECALIS; BIOFLOCCULATION; DIFFERENT GROWTH STAGES; EXTRACELLULAR; EXTRACELLULAR POLYMERIC SUBSTANCES; PURE CULTURE;

CYTOLOGY;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; BACTERIUM; DNA; FLOCCULATION; HYDROPHOBICITY; POLYMER; PROTEIN;

ALCALIGENES FAECALIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LEUCOBACTER;

EID: 78649963259     PISSN: 10010742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1001-0742(09)60329-6     Document Type: Article

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