Filtration properties of activated sludge in municipal MBR wastewater treatment plants are related to microbial community structure

Water Research

Volumn 47, Issue 17, 2013, Pages 6719-6730

  Bugge, Thomas V ^a   Larsen, Poul ^a   Saunders, Aaron M ^a   Kragelund, Caroline ^a,b   Wybrandt, Lisbeth ^a   Keiding, Kristian ^a,c   Christensen, Morten L ^a   Nielsen, Per H ^a  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b DANISH TECHNOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

^c Grundfos DK AS   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Extracellular polymeric substances; Filterability; FISH; Membrane bioreactors; Microbial community structure

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS; BACTERIA; FISH; FLOCCULATION; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; MICROFILTRATION; STRUCTURAL PROPERTIES; TURBIDITY; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

EXTRACELLULAR; EXTRACELLULAR POLYMERIC SUBSTANCE; FILTERABILITY; FLOC PROPERTIES; FLOC SIZE; MEMBRANE BIOREACTOR; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY STRUCTURES; POLYMERIC SUBSTANCE; PROPERTY; RESIDUAL TURBIDITY;

BIOREACTORS;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; BIOREACTOR; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DOMESTIC WASTE; FILTRATION; FLOCCULATION; MEMBRANE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL ECOLOGY; POLYMER; TURBIDITY; WASTE FACILITY;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ARTICLE; BIOREACTOR; DEWATERING; FILTRATION; FLOCCULATION; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; PHASE CONTRAST MICROSCOPY; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES COMPOSITION; TURBIDITY; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NITROSPIRA;

EXTRACELLULAR POLYMERIC SUBSTANCES; FILTERABILITY; FISH; MEMBRANE BIOREACTORS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY STRUCTURE;

BACTERIA; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIOREACTORS; CITIES; FILTRATION; FLOCCULATION; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; PHOSPHORUS; SEWAGE; WASTE WATER; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 84886098871     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2013.09.009     Document Type: Article

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