Can sludge dewatering reactivate microorganisms in mesophilically digested anaerobic sludge? Case of belt filter versus centrifuge

Water Research

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 428-438

  Erkan, M ^a,b   Sanin, F D ^a  

^a MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Ministry of Forestry and Water Affairs   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Anaerobic digestion; Dewatering; Indicator microorganisms; Quantitative PCR; Reactivation; Standard culture methods

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; CENTRIFUGES; DEWATERING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SLUDGE DIGESTION;

CULTURE METHODS; CULTURING METHODS; INDICATOR BACTERIA; INDICATOR MICROORGANISM; QUANTITATIVE PCR; REACTIVATION; SLUDGE DEWATERING; STANDARD CULTURE METHOD; TREATMENT PLANTS; VIABLE BUT NON-CULTURABLE;

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION;

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BACTERIUM; BIOINDICATOR; BIOSOLID; DEWATERING; FILTER; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ORGANIC MATTER; PATHOGEN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SLUDGE; WASTE FACILITY; WASTE TREATMENT;

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CENTRIFUGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FILTER; FLOW RATE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; MESOPHILIC BACTERIUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLUDGE DEWATERING; SLUDGE TREATMENT; TEMPERATURE; UPFLOW REACTOR; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 84870063320     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2012.10.028     Document Type: Article

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