Characterization of sulfate-reducing granular sludge in the SANI® process

Water Research

Volumn 47, Issue 19, 2013, Pages 7042-7052

  Hao, TianWei ^a   Wei, Li ^a   Lu, Hui ^b   Chui, HoKwong ^a   Mackey, Hamish R ^a   van Loosdrecht, Mark C M ^c,d   Chen, GuangHao ^a,b  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

^b SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^d KWR Watercycle Institute   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Granular sludge characterization; Sulfate reducing sludge granulation

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL SEWAGE TREATMENT; DENITRIFICATION; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GRANULAR MATERIALS; GRANULATION; NITROGEN REMOVAL; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTIES; RNA; SALINE WATER; WATER SUPPLY;

AUTOTROPHIC DENITRIFICATION; BIOLOGICAL NITROGEN REMOVAL PROCESS; EXTRA-CELLULAR POLYMERIC SUBSTANCES; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GRANULAR SLUDGE; OPERATIONAL TAXONOMIC UNITS; PHYSICOCHEMICAL CHARACTERISTICS; SULFATE REDUCING;

SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

RNA 16S; SULFATE; SULFIDE; THIOSULFATE;

BACTERIUM; BIOREACTOR; DENITRIFICATION; FLUSHING; GRANULAR MEDIUM; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; SEAWATER; SEWAGE TREATMENT; SLUDGE; SULFUR CYCLE; WATER SUPPLY;

ARTICLE; AUTOTROPHIC DENITRIFICATION AND NITRIFICATION INTEGRATED PROCESS; AUTOTROPHY; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; DENITRIFICATION; DESULFOBACTER; DESULFOBULBUS; DESULFOMICROBIUM; DESULFOSARCINA; DESULFOVIBRIO; EFFLUENT; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL CONSORTIUM; MICROBIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; NONHUMAN; PARTICLE SIZE; PHYLOGENY; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYROSEQUENCING; SEWAGE TREATMENT; SLUDGE; STOICHIOMETRY; SULFATE REDUCER; SULFATE REDUCING BACTERIUM; SULFATE REDUCING BACTERIUM GRANULE; SULFUR CYCLE; UPFLOW REACTOR; WATER SUPPLY;

DESULFOBACTER; DESULFOBULBUS; DESULFOMICROBIUM; DESULFOSARCINA; DESULFOVIBRIO;

GRANULAR SLUDGE CHARACTERIZATION; SANI(®) PROCESS; SULFATE-REDUCING SLUDGE GRANULATION;

BACTERIA, ANAEROBIC; BASE SEQUENCE; BIOREACTORS; DELTAPROTEOBACTERIA; DENITRIFICATION; DESULFOVIBRIO; HONG KONG; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; MICROBIAL CONSORTIA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NITRIFICATION; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEWAGE; SULFATES; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID;

EID: 84888135476     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2013.07.052     Document Type: Article

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