Aerobic treatment of dairy wastewater in an industrial three-reactor plant: Effect of aeration regime on performances and on protozoan and bacterial communities

Water Research

Volumn 46, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 3334-3344

  Tocchi, Carlo ^a,b   Federici, Ermanno ^c   Fidati, Laura ^c   Manzi, Rodolfo ^b   Vincigurerra, Vittorio ^a   Petruccioli, Maurizio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TUSCIA   (Italy)

^b University of Perugia ^*  (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bacterial PCR DGGE; Dairy wastewater treatment; Different aeration regimes; Industrial three reactor plant; Microbial community structure; Protozoa

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS; BACTERIA; BIODIVERSITY; EFFICIENCY; ELECTROPHORESIS; INDUSTRIAL WATER TREATMENT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; BACTERIAL COMMUNITY; BACTERIAL PCR-DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; DAIRY WASTEWATER TREATMENT; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; DIFFERENT AERATION REGIME; INDUSTRIAL THREE-REACTOR PLANT; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY STRUCTURES; PERFORMANCE; REACTOR PLANTS;

PROTOZOA;

AMMONIA;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; AERATION; ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BACTERIUM; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOREACTOR; CHEMICAL PROPERTY; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DAIRY FARMING; ELECTROKINESIS; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTOZOAN; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; AERATION; AEROBIC REACTOR; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; BIODIVERSITY; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DAIRY INDUSTRY; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROFLORA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOZOON; SPECIES RICHNESS; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES); PROTOZOA; TREPOMONAS;

EID: 84861199508     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2012.03.032     Document Type: Article

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