Influence of carrier concentration on the control of Galactomyces geotrichum bulking and bacterial community of biofilm reactors

Desalination and Water Treatment

Volumn 41, Issue 1-3, 2012, Pages 325-334

  Matos, Maria ^a   Pereira, Maria A ^a   Nicolau, Ana ^a   Rodrigues, Alexandrina L ^a   Brito, António G ^a   Nogueira, Regina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Bacterial community composition; Carrier concentration; Filamentous bulking Control; Galactomyces geotrichum; Sequencing batch reactors (SBR)

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI; GALACTOMYCES GEOTRICHUM; GEOTRICHUM; GEOTRICHUM GEOTRICHUM;

EID: 84864104323     PISSN: 19443994     EISSN: 19443986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19443994.2012.664723     Document Type: Article

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