Linking hydrolytic activities to variables influencing a submerged membrane bioreactor (MBR) treating urban wastewater under real operating conditions

Water Research

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 66-78

  Gomez Silvan C ^a   Arevalo J ^b   Perez J ^b   Gonzalez Lopez J ^a   Rodelas, B ^a  

^a Facultad de Farmacia   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Glucosidase; Hydrolytic enzymes; Multivariate analysis; Phosphatase; Protease; Wastewater treatment

Indexed keywords

BIOCONVERSION; DEGRADATION; HYDROLASES; MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS; PHOSPHATASES; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

GLUCOSIDASE; HYDROLYTIC ENZYME; MEMBRANE BIO REACTOR (MBR); MULTI VARIATE ANALYSIS; NON-METRIC MULTIDIMENSIONAL SCALING; PROTEASE; REAL OPERATING CONDITIONS; SUBMERGED MEMBRANE BIOREACTORS;

BIOREACTORS;

ACID; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ALPHA GLUCOSIDASE; CARBON; PROTEINASE;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; BIODEGRADATION; BIOREACTOR; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DENITRIFICATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HYDROLYSIS; MEMBRANE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NUTRIENT CYCLING; SEASONAL VARIATION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; URBAN AREA; WASTEWATER;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ARTICLE; AUTUMN; BIOMASS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME DEGRADATION; ENZYME MEMBRANE BIOREACTOR; HYDROLYSIS; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPRING; SUMMER; TEMPERATURE; URBAN AREA; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84870066990     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2012.09.032     Document Type: Article

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