Critical assessment of extracellular polymeric substances extraction methods from mixed culture biomass

Water Research

Volumn 47, Issue 15, 2013, Pages 5564-5574

  Pellicer Nàcher, Carles ^a   Domingo Félez, Carlos ^a   Mutlu, A Gizem ^a   Smets, Barth F ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Autotrophic biomass; Cell lysis; EPS; Extracellular polymeric substances; Wastewater; Wastewater treatment

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL WATER TREATMENT; BIOMASS; CARBOHYDRATES; CELLS; CYTOLOGY; DNA; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN REMOVAL; POSITIVE IONS; PROTEINS; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

AUTOTROPHIC BIOMASS; BIOLOGICAL WASTEWATER TREATMENT PROCESS; CELL LYSIS; CHARACTERIZATION STUDIES; CRITICAL ASSESSMENT; EXPERIMENTAL CONDITIONS; EXTRA-CELLULAR POLYMERIC SUBSTANCES; EXTRACTION PROTOCOLS;

EXTRACTION;

DNA; GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ANALYTICAL FRAMEWORK; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; BIOMASS; CARBOHYDRATE; CORRELATION; CRITICAL ANALYSIS; FLUORESCENCE; HYDROPHOBICITY; LYSIS; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NITRIFICATION; OPTIMIZATION; POLYMER; PROTEIN;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CALIBRATION; CELL VIABILITY; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLYSIS; EXTRACTION; FLUORESCENCE; MEASUREMENT ACCURACY; MIXED CELL CULTURE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY;

AUTOTROPHIC BIOMASS; CELL LYSIS; EPS; EXTRACELLULAR POLYMERIC SUBSTANCES; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIOMASS; SEWAGE; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID;

EID: 84884415717     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2013.06.026     Document Type: Article

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