Aerobic sludge granulation: A tale of two polysaccharides?

Water Research

Volumn 46, Issue 15, 2012, Pages 4803-4813

  Seviour, Thomas ^a   Yuan, Zhiguo ^b   van Loosdrecht, Mark C M ^c   Lin, Yuemei ^c  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Activated sludge; Aerobic sludge granules; Gel; Polysaccharides; Structure; Wastewater

Indexed keywords

GELS; GRANULATION; STRUCTURE (COMPOSITION); WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; AEROBIC GRANULAR SLUDGES; AEROBIC SLUDGE; ANALYTICAL METHOD; EXOPOLYSACCHARIDES; EXTRACELLULAR POLYMERIC SUBSTANCES; GEL-FORMING POLYMERS; MICROBIAL POPULATIONS;

POLYSACCHARIDES;

ALGINIC ACID; CARBON 13; EXOPOLYSACCHARIDE; FOAMING AGENT; GRANULAN; HEXURONIC ACID; HYDROGEN; POLYMER; POLYSACCHARIDE; SOLVENT; STABILIZING AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; URONIC ACID;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; GEL; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIOLOGY; OXIC CONDITIONS; POLYMER; POLYSACCHARIDE; POPULATION STRUCTURE; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; AEROBIC SLUDGE GRANULE; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIODEGRADATION; BIOMASS PRODUCTION; CARBON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CYTOLYSIS; ELASTICITY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; EXTRACTION; GEL; GELATION; HYDROPHOBICITY; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MATRIX ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION IONIZATION TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICROBIAL POPULATION DYNAMICS; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MOLECULAR STABILITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEOMICS; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PURIFICATION; SURFACE PROPERTY; SYNTHESIS; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84864034083     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2012.06.018     Document Type: Article

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