Specific component comparison of extracellular polymeric substances (EPS) in flocs and granular sludge using EEM and SDS-PAGE

Chemosphere

Volumn 121, Issue , 2015, Pages 26-32

  Zhu, Liang ^a,b   Zhou, Jiaheng ^a   Lv, Meile ^a   Yu, Haitian ^a   Zhao, Hang ^a   Xu, Xiangyang ^a,b  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Key Laboratory for Water Pollution Control and Environmental Safety of Zhejiang Province   (China)

Author keywords

Extracellular polymeric substances (EPS); Flocs; Granular sludge; Sodium dodecyl sulfate polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS PAGE); Three dimensional spectroscopy (EEM)

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; ELECTROPHORESIS; GRANULAR MATERIALS; GRANULATION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PROTEINS; STABILITY; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

ANAEROBIC GRANULAR SLUDGE; EXTRACELLULAR POLYMERIC SUBSTANCES; FLOCS; GRANULAR SLUDGE; HIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT; SODIUM DODECYL SULFATE-POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; STRUCTURAL STABILITIES; THREE-DIMENSIONAL FLUORESCENCES;

SODIUM DODECYL SULFATE;

EXTRACELLULAR POLYMERIC SUBSTANCE; POLYMER; POLYSACCHARIDE; PROTEIN; TRYPTOPHAN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; SEWAGE;

AMINO ACID; BIOFILM; EXOPOLYMER; FLOCCULATION; GRANULAR MEDIUM; POLYSACCHARIDE; PROTEIN; SLUDGE;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ANAEROBIC GRANULAR SLUDGE; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BIOFILM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FLOCCULATION; FLUORESCENCE; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SAMPLE; SLUDGE; SURFACE CHARGE; SURFACE PROPERTY; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; AEROBIC METABOLISM; ANAEROBIC GROWTH; CHEMISTRY; PARTICLE SIZE; SEWAGE; SPECTROFLUOROMETRY;

AEROBIOSIS; ANAEROBIOSIS; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; FLOCCULATION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PARTICLE SIZE; POLYMERS; PROTEINS; SEWAGE; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 84921949514     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: 18791298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2014.10.053     Document Type: Article

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