Low acetate concentrations favor polyphosphate-accumulating organisms over glycogen-accumulating organisms in enhanced biological phosphorus removal from wastewater

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 47, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 3816-3824

  Tu, Yunjie ^a   Schuler, Andrew J ^a  

^a MSC01 1070   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETATE CONCENTRATIONS; COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE; ENHANCED BIOLOGICAL PHOSPHORUS REMOVAL; FLUORESCENT IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GLYCOGEN-ACCUMULATING ORGANISMS; POLYPHOSPHATE-ACCUMULATING ORGANISMS; SEQUENCING BATCH REACTORS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM;

BACTERIA; COMPETITION; PH; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

VOLATILE FATTY ACIDS;

ACETIC ACID; PHOSPHORUS;

ACETATE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); LABORATORY METHOD; PH; PHOSPHORUS; REMOVAL EXPERIMENT; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WASTEWATER;

ACCUMULIBACTER PHOSPHATIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECHLOROMONAS; DEFLUVIICOCCUS; ENHANCED BIOLOGICAL PHOSPHORUS REMOVAL; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GLYCOGEN ACCUMULATING ORGANISM; HYPOTHESIS; MICROORGANISM; NONHUMAN; PH; POLYPHOSPHATE ACCUMULATING ORGANISM; PYROSEQUENCING; SEQUENCING BATCH REACTOR; TETRASPHAERA; WASTE WATER; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

ACETATES; AEROBIOSIS; ANAEROBIOSIS; BACTERIA; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIOREACTORS; GLYCOGEN; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; PHOSPHORUS; POLYPHOSPHATES; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; WASTE WATER;

ACCUMULIBACTER PHOSPHATIS; DECHLOROMONAS; TETRASPHAERA;

EID: 84876239872     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es304846s     Document Type: Article

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