Characterization of the size-fractionated biomacromolecules: Tracking their role and fate in a membrane bioreactor

Water Research

Volumn 45, Issue 15, 2011, Pages 4661-4671

  Meng, Fangang ^a   Zhou, Zhongbo ^a   Ni, Bing Jie ^b   Zheng, Xing ^c   Huang, Guocheng ^a   Jia, Xiaoshan ^a   Li, Shiyu ^a   Xiong, Ya ^a   Kraume, Matthias ^c  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biopolymers; Extracellular polymeric substances (EPS); Membrane bioreactors (MBRs); Membrane fouling; Soluble microbial products (SMP)

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; BIOCONVERSION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; FLUORESCENCE; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; MEMBRANE FOULING; MEMBRANES; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; POLYSACCHARIDES; PROTEINS; SURFACE TREATMENT;

BIOMACROMOLECULE; EXTRACELLULAR; EXTRACELLULAR POLYMERIC SUBSTANCE; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MEMBRANE BIOREACTOR; MOLECULAR WEIGHT FRACTION; POLYMERIC SUBSTANCE; SOLUBLE MICROBIAL PRODUCT; SOLUBLE MICROBIAL PRODUCTS; SUPERNATANTS;

BIOREACTORS;

AROMATIC COMPOUND; BIOPOLYMER; CARBON; GELLING AGENT; LIPID; ORGANIC COMPOUND; POLYSACCHARIDE; PROTEIN; TRYPTOPHAN;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; BIOREACTOR; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; FRACTIONATION; LIPID; MEMBRANE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PHOTOMETER; POLYSACCHARIDE; PROTEIN; TRACKING;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ARTICLE; BIOFOULING; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COLLOID; CONCENTRATION PROCESS; EXCITATION EMISSION MATRIX FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; FLUORESCENCE; FLUORESCENCE REGIONAL INTEGRATION; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; FRACTIONATION; GEL; MACROMOLECULE; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; MEMBRANE REACTOR; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PHOTOMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONTENT; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SUPERNATANT;

EID: 79960563098     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2011.06.026     Document Type: Article

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