Identification of trigger factors selecting for polyphosphate- and glycogen-accumulating organisms in aerobic granular sludge sequencing batch reactors

Water Research

Volumn 47, Issue 19, 2013, Pages 7006-7018

  Weissbrodt, David G ^a   Schneiter, Guillaume S ^a   Fürbringer, Jean Marie ^a   Holliger, Christof ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Aerobic granular sludge; Biological wastewater treatment; Nutrient removal; PAO and GAO selection; Plackett Burman multifactorial design

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS; ALKALINITY; ANOXIC WATER; BIOFILMS; BIOLOGICAL WATER TREATMENT; GRANULAR MATERIALS; NITROGEN REMOVAL; NUTRIENTS; VOLATILE FATTY ACIDS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

AEROBIC GRANULAR SLUDGES; BIOLOGICAL WASTE WATER TREATMENT; NUTRIENT REMOVAL; PAO AND GAO SELECTION; PLACKETT-BURMAN;

BATCH REACTORS;

ACETIC ACID; GLYCOGEN; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; POLYPHOSPHATE; PROPIONIC ACID;

BACTERIUM; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOFILM; BIOREACTOR; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; DENITRIFICATION; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; GRANULAR MEDIUM; OPTIMIZATION; OXIC CONDITIONS; PHOSPHATE (ORGANIC); POLLUTANT REMOVAL; POLYSACCHARIDE; REACTION KINETICS; REDOX CONDITIONS; SLUDGE; WASTE TREATMENT;

ACCUMULIBACTER; ACTIVATED SLUDGE; AERATION; AEROBIC GRANULAR SLUDGE; ALKALINITY; AMINOBACTER; ARTICLE; BIOFILM; BIOMASS; CARBON SOURCE; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; COMPETIBACTER; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DENITRIFICATION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; LOW TEMPERATURE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NITRIFICATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHODOSPIRILLACEAE; SEQUENCING BATCH REACTOR; TETRASPHAERA; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; XANTHOMONADACEAE; ZOOGLOEA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANDIDATUS COMPETIBACTER;

AEROBIC GRANULAR SLUDGE; BIOLOGICAL WASTEWATER TREATMENT; NUTRIENT REMOVAL; PAO AND GAO SELECTION; PLACKETT-BURMAN MULTIFACTORIAL DESIGN;

BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; BIOLOGICAL OXYGEN DEMAND ANALYSIS; BIOMASS; BIOREACTORS; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; GLYCOGEN; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; PHYLOGENY; POLYPHOSPHATES; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEWAGE; TEMPERATURE; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WASTE WATER;

EID: 84888136196     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2013.08.043     Document Type: Article

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