Roles of extracellular polymeric substances (EPS) in the migration and removal of sulfamethazine in activated sludge system

Water Research

Volumn 47, Issue 14, 2013, Pages 5298-5306

  Xu, Juan ^a   Sheng, Guo Ping ^a   Ma, Ying ^a   Wang, Long Fei ^a   Yu, Han Qing ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

Activated sludge; Extracellular polymeric substances (EPS); Interaction; Sulfamethazine; Sulfonamide

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS; ANTIBIOTICS; BIOLOGICAL WATER TREATMENT; HYDROPHOBICITY; LIGHT SCATTERING; MASS TRANSFER; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ACTIVATED SLUDGE SYSTEMS; ACTIVATED-SLUDGE PROCESS; BIOLOGICAL WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT; EXTRACELLULAR; EXTRACELLULAR POLYMERIC SUBSTANCE; INTERACTION; POLYMERIC SUBSTANCE; SULFAMETHAZINE; SULPHONAMIDES;

BIODEGRADATION;

SULFADIMIDINE;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ADSORPTION; ANTIBIOTICS; BIODEGRADATION; CALORIMETRY; EXOPOLYMER; FLUORESCENCE; LIGHT SCATTERING; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; PROTEIN; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; TRANSFORMATION; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BIODEGRADATION; FLUORESCENCE; HYDROPHOBICITY; LIGHT SCATTERING; MICROCALORIMETRY; MICROORGANISM; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECTROSCOPY;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; EXTRACELLULAR POLYMERIC SUBSTANCES (EPS); INTERACTION; SULFAMETHAZINE; SULFONAMIDE;

CALORIMETRY; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; HYDROPHOBIC AND HYDROPHILIC INTERACTIONS; PROTEINS; SEWAGE; SULFAMETHAZINE; THERMODYNAMICS; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84883287651     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2013.06.009     Document Type: Article

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