Degradability of creatinine under sewer conditions affects its potential to be used as biomarker in sewage epidemiology

Water Research

Volumn 55, Issue , 2014, Pages 272-279

  Thai, Phong K ^a   O'Brien, Jake ^a   Jiang, Guangming ^a   Gernjak, Wolfgang ^a   Yuan, Zhiguo ^a   Eaglesham, Geoff ^a   Mueller, Jochen F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Degradation; Sewer biofilms; Sewer reactor; Stability; Wastewater analysis

Indexed keywords

BIOFILMS; BIOMARKERS; CATCHMENTS; CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; DEGRADATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; SEWAGE; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

FIRST ORDER KINETICS; GRAVITY SEWER; MEASURED LOADS; SEWAGE EPIDEMIOLOGIES; TREATMENT PLANTS; WASTEWATER ANALYSIS; WASTEWATER SAMPLES; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

SEWERS;

CREATININE; SEWAGE;

BIOFILM; BIOMARKER; BIOREACTOR; CENSUS; DEGRADATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ORGANIC ACID; SEWAGE; SEWER NETWORK;

ARTICLE; BIODEGRADABILITY; BIOFILM; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; CATCHMENT; DEGRADATION; GRAVITY; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTOR; SEWAGE; SEWER; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; WASTE WATER; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; BIOREACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

AUSTRALIA;

BIOREACTORS; CREATININE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; SEWAGE; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID;

EID: 84895992354     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2014.02.035     Document Type: Article

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