Tracing biofouling to the structure of the microbial community and its metabolic products: A study of the three-stage MBR process

Water Research

Volumn 47, Issue 17, 2013, Pages 6680-6690

  Gao, Dawen ^a   Fu, Yuan ^a   Ren, Nanqi ^a  

^a HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Membrane bioreactor; Membrane fouling; Microbial community; Polymeric substances (EPS); Soluble microbial products (SMP); Trans membrane pressure

Indexed keywords

BIOFILMS; BIOFOULING; BIOREACTORS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; MEMBRANE FOULING; METABOLISM; MICROORGANISMS;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; MEMBRANE BIOREACTOR; METABOLIC PRODUCTS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES; POLYMERIC SUBSTANCE; POLYMERIC SUBSTANCE (EPS); PRESSURE INCREASE; SOLUBLE MICROBIAL PRODUCT; SOLUBLE MICROBIAL PRODUCTS; TRANSMEMBRANE PRESSURES;

MEMBRANES;

ACCUMULATION; ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ADSORPTION; ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BIOFILM; BIOFOULING; BIOREACTOR; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COLONIZATION; EXOPOLYMER; MEMBRANE; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ANAEROBE; ARTICLE; BIOFILM; BIOFOULING; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMAMONADACEAE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; FILTER CAKE; MEMBRANE REACTOR; MICROBIAL COLONIZATION; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL METABOLISM; MICROBIAL POPULATION DYNAMICS; MICROORGANISM; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAPROSPIRACEAE;

COMAMONADACEAE; SAPROSPIRACEAE;

MEMBRANE BIOREACTOR; MEMBRANE FOULING; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; POLYMERIC SUBSTANCES (EPS); SOLUBLE MICROBIAL PRODUCTS (SMP); TRANS-MEMBRANE PRESSURE;

BACTERIA; BIOFILMS; BIOFOULING; BIOREACTORS; CARBOHYDRATES; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; PRESSURE; PROTEINS; SEWAGE;

EID: 84886093165     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2013.09.007     Document Type: Article

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