A new classification paradigm of extracellular polymeric substances (EPS) in activated sludge: Separation and characterization of exopolymers between floc level and microcolony level

Water Research

Volumn 64, Issue , 2014, Pages 53-60

  Wang, Bin Bin ^a,b   Chang, Qing ^a,b   Peng, Dang Cong ^a,b   Hou, Yin Ping ^a,b   Li, Hui Juan ^a,b   Pei, Li Ying ^a,b  

^a XI'AN UNIVERSITY OF ARCHITECTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

Author keywords

Activated sludge; Characterization; Classification; Extracellular polymeric substances; Floc; Microcolony

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION (OF INFORMATION); EXTRACTION; FLUORESCENCE; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; HYDROPHOBICITY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; POSITIVE IONS; PROTEINS;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; EXCITATION-EMISSION MATRIX FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPIES; EXTRA-CELLULAR POLYMERIC SUBSTANCES; FLOC; HYDROPHOBIC INTERACTIONS; MICROCOLONY; PHYSICOCHEMICAL CHARACTERISTICS; SEPARATION AND CHARACTERIZATIONS;

ION EXCHANGE RESINS;

CALCIUM; CATION EXCHANGE RESIN; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; EXTRACELLULAR POLYMERIC SUBSTANCE; MAGNESIUM; POLYMER; POLYSACCHARIDE; PROTEIN; TRYPTOPHAN; TYROSINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL POLYSACCHARIDE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; SEWAGE;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; AGGREGATION; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; FLOCCULATION; FLUORESCENCE; HYDROPHOBICITY; ION EXCHANGE; POLYMER; REACTION KINETICS; RESIN; SEPARATION;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ARTICLE; CENTRIFUGATION; CYTOLYSIS; ELECTROPHORESIS; EXCITATION EMISSION MATRIX FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; FLOCCULATION; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; HARVESTING; HYDROPHILICITY; HYDROPHOBICITY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PARTICLE SIZE; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCING BATCH REACTOR; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; BACTERIUM; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; MICROBIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SEWAGE;

BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA, BACTERIAL; FLOCCULATION; POLYMERS; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL; SEWAGE; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID;

EID: 84904510078     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2014.07.003     Document Type: Article

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