Bacterial selection during the formation of early-stage aerobic granules in wastewater treatment systems operated under wash-out dynamics

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 3, Issue SEP, 2012, Pages

  Weissbrodt, David G ^a   Lochmatter, Samuel ^a   Ebrahimi, Sirous ^a,b   Rossi, Pierre ^a   Maillard, Julien ^a   Holliger, Christof ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b SAHAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Aerobic granular sludge; Bacterial selection; Biological wastewater treatment; Granule formation; Nutrient removal limitations; Wash out dynamics

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875819565     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2012.00332     Document Type: Article

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