Factors influencing the density of aerobic granular sludge

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 97, Issue 16, 2013, Pages 7459-7468

  Winkler, M K H ^a   Kleerebezem, R ^a   Strous, M ^b   Chandran, K ^c   Van Loosdrecht, M C M ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^c Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerobic granular sludge; Bacterial densities; Chemical precipitation; Segregation

Indexed keywords

AEROBIC GRANULAR SLUDGES; BACTERIAL DENSITY; CHEMICAL PRECIPITATION; EXTRA-CELLULAR POLYMERIC SUBSTANCES; GLYCOGEN-ACCUMULATING ORGANISMS; GRANULAR SLUDGE BED; INORGANIC FRACTIONS; PHOSPHATE-ACCUMULATING ORGANISMS;

BACTERIA; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; GRANULAR MATERIALS; GRANULATION; NITROGEN REMOVAL; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); SEGREGATION (METALLOGRAPHY); VOLUME FRACTION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER);

GLYCOGEN; NITROGEN; PHOSPHATE;

BIOMASS; GRANULAR MEDIUM; NITROGEN; PHOSPHATE; SETTLING VELOCITY; SLUDGE; TOMOGRAPHY;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ANAMMOX BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BIOMASS PARTITIONING; CALCULATION; CENTRIFUGATION; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CONTROLLED STUDY; FIXED BED REACTOR; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NITRATION; NONHUMAN; POPULATION DENSITY; PRECIPITATION; STAINING; TOMOGRAPHY; VELOCITY;

BACTERIA; BIOREACTORS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; INORGANIC CHEMICALS; POLYMERS; SEWAGE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 84881227878     PISSN: 01757598     EISSN: 14320614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00253-012-4459-4     Document Type: Article

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