Characterization of aerobic granular sludge treating high strength agro-based wastewater at different volumetric loadings

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 127, Issue , 2013, Pages 181-187

  Abdullah, Norhayati ^a   Yuzir, Ali ^a   Curtis, Thomas P ^b   Yahya, Adibah ^a   Ujang, Zaini ^c  

^a UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c Universiti Tteknologi Malaysia   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Aerobic granular sludge; Denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (DGGE); Microbial community; Palm oil mill effluent (POME); Sequencing batch reactor

Indexed keywords

EFFLUENTS; ELECTROPHORESIS; FRACTAL DIMENSION; GRANULAR MATERIALS; GRANULATION; LOADING; MICROORGANISMS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VEGETABLE OILS;

AEROBIC GRANULAR SLUDGES; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESES (DGGE); MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES; PALM OIL MILL EFFLUENTS; SEQUENCING BATCH REACTORS;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

BIODIVERSITY; GRANULAR MEDIUM; LOADING; MATURATION; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; OXIC CONDITIONS; SLUDGE; STRENGTH; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER;

AERATION; AEROBIC GRANULAR SLUDGE; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; FLOW RATE; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLUDGE TREATMENT; VOLUMETRY; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84868256770     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: 18732976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2012.09.047     Document Type: Article

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