The role of the microbial stringent response in excess intracellular accumulation of phosphorous in mixed consortia fed synthetic wastewater

Water Research

Volumn 45, Issue 16, 2011, Pages 5038-5046

  Al Najjar, Muamar M ^a   Coats, Erik R ^b   Loge, Frank J ^a  

^a University of California   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological phosphorus removal; Guanosine tetraphosphate; Phosphate accumulating organisms; Polyhydroxyalkanoate; Wastewater treatment

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS; ADENOSINETRIPHOSPHATE; AMMONIA; BATCH REACTORS; BIOMASS; BIOMOLECULES; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; LEAD REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); PHOSPHATES; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ADENOSINE MONOPHOSPHATE; BIOLOGICAL PHOSPHORUS REMOVAL; GUANOSINES; INTRACELLULAR ACCUMULATION; PHOSPHATE-ACCUMULATING ORGANISMS; POLY-HYDROXYALKANOATE; SEQUENCING BATCH REACTORS; SOLUBLE CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMANDS;

BIOLOGICAL WATER TREATMENT;

ACETIC ACID; ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE; ADENOSINE PHOSPHATE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; AMMONIA; GUANOSINE 3' DIPHOSPHATE 5' DIPHOSPHATE; NITRATE; PEPTONE; PHOSPHATE; PHOSPHOROUS ACID; PHOSPHORUS; POLYHYDROXYALKANOIC ACID;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; BIOMASS; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ESTER; KETONE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROORGANISM; OPTIMIZATION; PHOSPHORUS; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; REDOX CONDITIONS; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; DEGRADATION; MICROBIAL CONSORTIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCING BATCH REACTOR; SLUDGE STABILIZATION; WASTE WATER; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

EID: 80052265756     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2011.07.006     Document Type: Article

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