Linking bacterial population dynamics and nutrient removal in the granular sludge biofilm ecosystem engineered for wastewater treatment

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 579-595

  Weissbrodt, David G ^a,b,c   Shani, Noam ^a,d   Holliger, Christof ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^d AGROSCOPE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Aerobic granular sludge; Bacterial community structure; Biological wastewater treatment; Multivariate numerical analyses; PyroTRF ID methodology

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; BIOFILM; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ECOSYSTEM ENGINEERING; MASS TRANSFER; MICROBIAL ECOLOGY; NITRIFICATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; NUTRIENT; PHYLOGENETICS; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SLUDGE; WASTEWATER;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANDIDATUS COMPETIBACTER; CYTOPHAGA; INTRASPORANGIACEAE; NITROSOMONAS; NITROSPIRA; XANTHOMONADACEAE;

NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS;

AEROBIC GRANULAR SLUDGE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; BACTERIUM; BIOFILM; BIOLOGICAL WASTEWATER TREATMENT; BIOREACTOR; CLASSIFICATION; ECOSYSTEM; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MULTIVARIATE NUMERICAL ANALYSES; PHYLOGENY; PYROTRF-ID METHODOLOGY; SEWAGE; WASTE WATER; WATER MANAGEMENT;

AEROBIC GRANULAR SLUDGE; BACTERIAL COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; BIOLOGICAL WASTEWATER TREATMENT; MULTIVARIATE NUMERICAL ANALYSES; PYROTRF-ID METHODOLOGY;

BACTERIA; BIOFILMS; BIOREACTORS; ECOSYSTEM; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; PHYLOGENY; SEWAGE; WASTE WATER; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 84901694917     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: 15746941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1574-6941.12326     Document Type: Article

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