Activated sludge floc characterization by confocal laser scanning microscopy

Environmental Engineering and Management Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 669-674

  Szilveszter, Szabolcs ^a,b   Ráduly, Botond ^b   Bucs, Szilárd ^a   Ábrahám, Beáta ^b   Lányi, Szabolcs ^b   Robescu, Dan Niculae ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY POLITEHNICA OF BUCHAREST   (Romania)

^b SAPIENTIA HUNGARIAN UNIVERSITY OF TRANSYLVANIA   (Romania)

Author keywords

Activated sludge floc; Confocal microscopy; EPS; Staining; Three dimensional reconstruction

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 84862497984     PISSN: 15829596     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.30638/eemj.2012.084     Document Type: Article

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