Effect of earthworms on the performance and microbial communities of excess sludge treatment process in vermifilter

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 117, Issue , 2012, Pages 214-221

  Liu, Jing ^a   Lu, Zhibo ^a   Yang, Jian ^a   Xing, Meiyan ^a   Yu, Fen ^a   Guo, Meiting ^a  

^a TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Dehydrogenase activity; Earthworms; Excess sludge; Microbial community; Vermifiltration

Indexed keywords

DEHYDROGENASE ACTIVITY; EARTHWORMS; EXCESS SLUDGE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES; VERMIFILTRATION;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; ELECTROPHORESIS; MICROORGANISMS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

STABILIZATION;

ORGANIC MATTER;

BIODEGRADATION; BIOFILTRATION; EARTHWORM; ELECTROKINESIS; GEL; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; ORGANIC MATTER; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; SLUDGE; STABILIZATION; WASTE TREATMENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BIODEGRADATION; BIOFILTER; BIOFILTRATION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; EARTHWORM; FILTER; FLAVOBACTERIUM; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROORGANISM; MOLECULAR STABILITY; MYROIDES; MYXOCOCCALES; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REDUCTION; SLUDGE; SLUDGE TREATMENT; SOIL; SPHINGOBACTERIUM; VERMIFILTER; VERMIFILTRATION;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIOFILMS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; ELEMENTS; FILTRATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OLIGOCHAETA; OXIDOREDUCTASES; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEWAGE; WATER PURIFICATION;

FLAVOBACTERIUM; MYROIDES; MYXOCOCCALES; SPHINGOBACTERIUM;

EID: 84861122900     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: 18732976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2012.04.096     Document Type: Article

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