Effect of anaerobic HRT on biological phosphorus removal and the enrichment of phosphorus accumulating organisms

Water Environment Research

Volumn 83, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 461-469

  Coats, Erik R ^a   Watkins, David L ^b   Brinkman, Cynthia K ^a   Loge, Frank J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^b J U B Engineers Inc   (United States)

^c University of California   (United States)

Author keywords

DGGE; Enhanced biological phosphorus removal; Polyphosphate; Polyphosphate accumulating organisms; qPCR; Volatile fatty acids

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BATCH REACTORS; BIOLOGY; FATTY ACIDS; PHOSPHORUS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VOLATILE FATTY ACIDS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

DGGE; ENHANCED BIOLOGICAL PHOSPHORUS REMOVAL; POLYPHOSPHATE-ACCUMULATING ORGANISMS; POLYPHOSPHATES; QPCR;

BIOLOGICAL WATER TREATMENT;

ACETIC ACID; DNA 16S; PHOSPHORUS; POLYPHOSPHATE; PROPIONIC ACID;

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOREACTOR; BIOREMEDIATION; FATTY ACID; GROWTH RATE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RETENTION; SURVIVAL; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND; WASTEWATER;

ANAEROBIC CAPACITY; ARTICLE; CANDIDATUS ACCUMULIBACTER PHOSPHATIS; ENHANCED BIOLOGICAL PHOSPHORUS REMOVAL; ENRICHMENT CULTURE; EUBACTERIUM; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; HYDRAULIC RETENTION TIME; MEAN RESIDENCE TIME; MICROBIAL METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; PHOSPHORUS ACCUMULATING ORGANISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCING BATCH REACTOR; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

ACCUMULIBACTER PHOSPHATIS;

EID: 79960303222     PISSN: 10614303     EISSN: 15547531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2175/106143010X12851009156402     Document Type: Article

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