Performance and mechanism of vermifiltration system for liquid-state sewage sludge treatment using molecular and stable isotopic techniques

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 197, Issue , 2012, Pages 143-150

  Xing, Meiyan ^a   Li, Xiaowei ^a,b   Yang, Jian ^a   Lv, Baoyi ^a   Lu, Yongsen ^a  

^a TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SOUTH CHINA SEA FISHERIES RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (China)

Author keywords

Polymerase chain reaction denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (PCR DGGE); Real time PCR; Sewage sludge; Stable isotopic analyses; Vermifilter

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC GROUP; BIOLOGICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; DIPTERA; FOOD WEBS; GASTROPODA; GLUCOSIDASE; GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; H-CONTENT; INTERMEDIATE LEVEL; INTESTINAL TRACT; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; LIQUID STATE; NITROSPIRA; PROTEOBACTERIA; REAL-TIME PCR; REMOVAL RATE; SEWAGE SLUDGE TREATMENT; SUSPENDED SOLIDS; TREATMENT PERFORMANCE; VERMIFILTER;

BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; ELECTROPHORESIS; LIQUIDS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEWAGE SLUDGE;

ISOTOPES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; DIPTERA; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; GASTROPODA; HIRUDINEA; HIRUDINIDA; NITROSPIRA;

EID: 84863194846     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2012.05.003     Document Type: Article

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