Micro-environment characteristics and microbial communities in activated sludge flocs of different particle size

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 124, Issue , 2012, Pages 252-258

  Han, Yunping ^a   Liu, Junxin ^a   Guo, Xuesong ^a   Li, Lin ^a  

^a RESEARCH CENTER FOR ECO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Activated sludge flocs; Fluorescence in situ hybridization; Micro environment; Microbial community; Microelectrodes

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED SLUDGE FLOCS; BACTERIAL COMPOSITION; DISSOLVED OXYGEN CONCENTRATIONS; DO CONCENTRATION; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MICRO-ENVIRONMENT; MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES; MICROBIAL COMPOSITION; MICROBIAL RESPONSE; MICROBIAL STRUCTURES; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PROCESS;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; MICROELECTRODES; MICROORGANISMS;

PARTICLE SIZE;

DISSOLVED OXYGEN;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; AMMONIA; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISSOLVED OXYGEN; ELECTRODE; FLUORESCENCE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; NITRATE; PARTICLE SIZE; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ARTICLE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROELECTRODE; MICROENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACTERIA; DNA PROBES; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; MICROELECTRODES; OXYGEN; PARTICLE SIZE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEWAGE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 84866295662     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: 18732976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2012.08.008     Document Type: Article

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