Influences of extracellular polymeric substances on the dewaterability of sewage sludge during bioleaching

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2014, Pages

  Zhou, Jun ^a,b   Zheng, Guanyu ^a,c   Zhang, Xueying ^b   Zhou, Lixiang ^a,c  

^a NANJING AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NANJING TECH UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c JIANGSU COLLABORATIVE INNOVATION CENTER FOR SOLID ORGANIC WASTE RESOURCE UTILIZATION   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERROUS ION; POLYSACCHARIDE; DNA; IRON; POLYMER; PROTEIN; SEWAGE;

ACIDITHIOBACILLUS FERROOXIDANS; ACIDITHIOBACILLUS THIOOXIDANS; ADSORPTION; ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BIOLEACHING; DNA CONTENT; ENERGY RESOURCE; GROWTH INHIBITION; HYDROLYSIS; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PH; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; PROTEIN CONTENT; SLUDGE DEWATERING; ACIDITHIOBACILLUS; BIOREMEDIATION; CHEMISTRY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; SEWAGE; WATER MANAGEMENT;

ACIDITHIOBACILLUS; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; DNA; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; IRON; POLYMERS; POLYSACCHARIDES; PROTEINS; SEWAGE; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 84904618246     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0102688     Document Type: Article

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