Continuous bioproduction of short-chain fatty acids from sludge enhanced by the combined use of surfactant and alkaline pH

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 140, Issue , 2013, Pages 97-102

  Chen, Yinguang ^a   Liu, Kun ^a   Su, Yinglong ^a   Zheng, Xiong ^a   Wang, Qin ^a  

^a TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Enzyme activity; Fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH); Protein structure; Short chain fatty acids (SCFA); Sludge retention time (SRT)

Indexed keywords

ENZYME ACTIVITY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; HYDROLYSIS; PROTEINS; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS;

EXCITATION-EMISSION MATRIX FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPIES; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; PROTEIN HYDROLYSIS; PROTEIN STRUCTURES; SHORT-CHAIN FATTY ACIDS; SLUDGE RETENTION TIME; SLUDGE SOLUBILIZATION; SODIUM DODECYLBENZENE SULFONATE;

ALKALINITY;

DODECYLBENZENESULFONATE SODIUM; SHORT CHAIN FATTY ACID; ACID; ALKALI; BENZENESULFONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; BOVINE SERUM ALBUMIN; DODECYLBENZENESULFONIC ACID; METHANE; POLYSACCHARIDE; SEWAGE; SURFACTANT; VOLATILE FATTY ACID;

BACTERIUM; BIOTECHNOLOGY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FATTY ACID; HYBRIDIZATION; HYDROLYSIS; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PH; PROTEIN; SLUDGE; SOLUBILIZATION; SULFONATE; SURFACTANT;

ALKALINITY; ARCHAEON; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; METHANOGEN; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN HYDROLYSIS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SLUDGE; SOLUBILITY; ANIMAL; BACTERIA; BIOSYNTHESIS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; BOVINAE; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECTS; FERMENTATION; METABOLISM; PROCEDURES; SEWAGE; TIME;

ACIDS; ALKALIES; ANIMALS; BACTERIA; BENZENESULFONATES; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CATTLE; FATTY ACIDS, VOLATILE; FERMENTATION; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; METHANE; POLYSACCHARIDES; SERUM ALBUMIN, BOVINE; SEWAGE; SOLUBILITY; SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENTS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84877912458     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: 18732976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2013.04.075     Document Type: Article

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