Comparison between aerobic and anoxic metabolism of denitrifying-EBPR sludge: Effect of biomass poly-hydroxyalkanoates content

New Biotechnology

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 227-237

  Kapagiannidis, A G ^a   Zafiriadis, I ^a   Aivasidis, A ^a  

^a DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANAEROBIC CONDITIONS; ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BULK PHASE; ENHANCED BIOLOGICAL PHOSPHORUS REMOVAL; EXPERIMENTAL ANALYSIS; INTRACELLULAR PRODUCTS; OPERATIONAL CONDITIONS; ORGANIC SUBSTRATE; PHOSPHATE RELEASE; PHOSPHATE UPTAKE; POLYPHOSPHATE-ACCUMULATING ORGANISMS; POLYPHOSPHATES;

BACTERIA; DENITRIFICATION; METABOLISM; VOLATILE FATTY ACIDS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

BIOMASS;

DISSOLVED OXYGEN; GLYCOGEN; ORGANIC CARBON; PHOSPHATE; POLYHYDROXYALKANOIC ACID; POLYPHOSPHATE;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; AEROBIC METABOLISM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOMASS; BIOTRANSFORMATION; DENITRIFYING BACTERIUM; ENERGY YIELD; ENHANCED BIOLOGICAL PHOSPHORUS REMOVAL; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOICHIOMETRY; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT;

ACETATES; AEROBIOSIS; ANAEROBIOSIS; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIOMASS; BIOREACTORS; DENITRIFICATION; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; INTRACELLULAR SPACE; KINETICS; OXYGEN; PHOSPHATES; PHOSPHORUS; POLYHYDROXYALKANOATES; SEWAGE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84872407028     PISSN: 18716784     EISSN: 18764347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nbt.2012.05.022     Document Type: Article

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