Dynamic assessment of the floc morphology, bacterial diversity, and integron content of an activated sludge reactor processing hospital effluent

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 47, Issue 14, 2013, Pages 7909-7917

  Stalder, Thibault ^a,b,c   Alrhmoun, Mousaab ^c   Louvet, Jean Noël ^d   Casellas, Magali ^c   Maftah, Corinne ^c   Carrion, Claire ^b   Pons, Marie Noëlle ^e   Pahl, Ole ^f   Ploy, Marie Cécile ^a,b   Dagot, Christophe ^c  

^a UMR 1092   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIMOGES   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE LIMOGES   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

^f GLASGOW CALEDONIAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTICS; BIOMASS; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE REACTORS; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; CONVENTIONAL ACTIVATED SLUDGES; EXTRA-CELLULAR POLYMERIC SUBSTANCES; FLOC-FORMING BACTERIA; METAGENOMIC ANALYSIS; PHYSICO-CHEMICAL CHARACTERIZATION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS;

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; POLYMER; SEWAGE;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ASSESSMENT METHOD; BACTERIUM; BIOMASS; BIOREACTOR; EFFLUENT; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MORPHOLOGY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ANIMAL CELL; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM; BIOMASS; BIOREACTOR; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVENTIONAL ACTIVATED SLUDGE; EFFLUENT; HOSPITAL EFFLUENT; HOSPITAL WASTE; INTEGRON; METAGENOMICS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PHASE CONTRAST MICROSCOPY; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PSEUDOMONAS; PURIFICATION; PYROSEQUENCING; RISK ASSESSMENT; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT; BACTERIA; BIODIVERSITY; CLASSIFICATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEWAGE;

BACTERIA; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; BIOREACTORS; INTEGRONS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEWAGE;

EID: 84880552482     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es4008646     Document Type: Article

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