Population dynamics of filamentous bacteria in Danish wastewater treatment plants with nutrient removal

Water Research

Volumn 46, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 3781-3795

  Mielczarek, Artur Tomasz ^a   Kragelund, Caroline ^a,b   Eriksen, Poul Svante ^a   Nielsen, Per Halkjær ^a  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b DANISH TECHNOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Activated sludge; Bulking; Chloroflexi; Filamentous bacteria; Microthrix; Nutrient removal; Population dynamics; Quantitative FISH; TM7

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS; BACTERIA; DYNAMICS; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; NUTRIENTS; POPULATION STATISTICS; PROBES; RECLAMATION; SEWAGE PUMPING PLANTS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; BULKING; CHLOROFLEXUS; FILAMENTOUS BACTERIA; MICROTHRIX; NUTRIENT REMOVAL; OPERATIONAL PROBLEMS; QUANTITATIVE FISH; TM7; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

POPULATION DYNAMICS;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; BACTERIUM; GROWTH RATE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CHLOROFLEXI; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DENMARK; FLOCCULATION; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MICROBIAL POPULATION DYNAMICS; MICROTHRIX; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT MANAGEMENT; PHYLUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT;

CANDIDATUS MICROTHRIX; CHLOROFLEXI; CHLOROFLEXI (CLASS);

EID: 84861746907     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2012.04.009     Document Type: Article

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