Comparison of nutrient-removing microbial communities in activated sludge from full-scale MBRs and conventional plants

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 366-371

  Saunders, A M ^a   Larsen, P ^a   Nielsen, P H ^a  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Activated sludge; EBPR; Fluorescence in situ hybridization; Membrane bioreactors; Pyrosequencing

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; EBPR; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MEMBRANE BIOREACTOR; PYROSEQUENCING;

BIOREACTORS; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; NUTRIENTS; RNA; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

MICROORGANISMS;

PHOSPHORUS; RNA 16S;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; BIODEGRADATION; BIOREACTOR; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HYBRIDIZATION; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; PHYLOGENETICS;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; ARTICLE; AZOARCUS; DENITRIFYING BACTERIUM; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MEMBRANE REACTOR; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NITRIFYING BACTERIUM; NITROSOMONADACEAE; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PSEUDOMONAS; PYROSEQUENCING; RHODOBACTER; STREPTOCOCCUS; THAUERA; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; ZOOGLOEA;

BACTERIA; BIOREACTORS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEWAGE; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 84881150195     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2013.183     Document Type: Article

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