A hundred years of activated sludge: Time for a rethink

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 5, Issue MAR, 2014, Pages

  Sheik, Abdul R ^a   Muller, Emilie E L ^a   Wilmes, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LUXEMBOURG   (Luxembourg)

Author keywords

Activated sludge; Energy reclamation biodiesel and bioethanol; Integrated omics; Niche engineering; Nutrient recovery and fertilizers; Sustainability and renewable resources; Wastewater biorefinery column concept; Wastewater microbial diversity and function

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; BIODIESEL; FERTILIZER; GLYCEROL; GLYCOGEN; LIPID; PHOSPHATE; PHOSPHORUS; PLASTIC; POLYHYDROXYALKANOIC ACID;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOENGINEERING; BIOTRANSFORMATION; ECOLOGICAL NICHE; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; ENERGY RECOVERY; ENVIRONMENTAL RECLAMATION; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; METAGENOMICS; MICROBIAL BIOMASS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MICROBIAL METABOLISM; MICROBIAL POPULATION DYNAMICS; MICROBIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT; PROTEOMICS; RENEWABLE ENERGY; TRANSCRIPTOMICS;

EID: 84897943415     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2014.00047     Document Type: Article

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