Heterogeneity of intracellular polymer storage states in enhanced biological phosphorus removal (EBPR) - Observation and modeling

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 3244-3252

  Bucci, Vanni ^a,b   Majed, Nehreen ^a,c   Hellweger, Ferdi L ^a   Gu, April Z ^a  

^a Northeastern University   (United States)

^b MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^c NORTH SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGENT-BASED MODEL; ANALYTICAL METHOD; BEST FIT; BIOLOGICAL VARIABILITY; BIOLOGICAL WASTEWATER TREATMENT PROCESS; COEFFICIENT OF VARIANCE; ENHANCED BIOLOGICAL PHOSPHORUS REMOVAL; INDIVIDUAL CELLS; INTERNAL STATE; INTRACELLULAR PROPERTIES; LABORATORY SCALE; MICROBIAL POPULATIONS; MODEL PARAMETERS; OPTIMIZATION ALGORITHMS; POLYHYDROXYBUTYRATE; POLYPHOSPHATES; RAMAN MICROSCOPY; SEQUENCING BATCH REACTOR SYSTEMS; STATE VARIABLES; STORAGE COMPOUNDS; STORAGE STATE; TREATMENT PROCESS; UPTAKE RATE;

ALGORITHMS; CELLS; CYTOLOGY; VOLATILE FATTY ACIDS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

ACETIC ACID; GLYCOGEN; HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID; PHOSPHORUS; POLYHYDROXYBUTYRATE; POLYMER; POLYPHOSPHATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACETATE; BIOREACTOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HETEROGENEITY; MEMORY; OPTIMIZATION; PHOSPHORUS; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; POLYMER; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER;

AGENT BASED MODEL; ALGORITHM; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; BIOREMEDIATION; CELL FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; ENHANCED BIOLOGICAL PHOSPHORUS REMOVAL; INTRACELLULAR MEMBRANE; MICROBIAL BIOMASS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR MODEL; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT; POLYMERIZATION; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; SIMULATION; STORAGE; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

BACTERIA; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; GLYCOGEN; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHOSPHORUS; POLYMERS; POLYPHOSPHATES; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS, RAMAN; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 84858693431     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es204052p     Document Type: Article

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