Composition of EPS fractions from suspended sludge and biofilm and their roles in microbial cell aggregation

Chemosphere

Volumn 117, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 59-65

  Zhang, Peng ^a   Fang, Fang ^a   Chen, You Peng ^b   Shen, Yu ^b   Zhang, Wei ^b   Yang, Ji Xiang ^b   Li, Chun ^a   Guo, Jin Song ^a,b   Liu, Shao Yang ^c   Huang, Yang ^a   Li, Shan ^a   Gao, Xu ^a   Yan, Peng ^b  

^a CHONGQING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b University of Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^c TROY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggregation; Biofilm; Extracellular polymeric substances; Raman; Suspended sludge

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; BIOFILMS; CELL MEMBRANES; POLYMERS;

AGGREGATION PROPERTY; EXTRA-CELLULAR POLYMERIC SUBSTANCES; MICROBIAL CELLS; PHYSICOCHEMICAL CHARACTERISTICS; RAMAN; SLUDGE SAMPLES; SUSPENDED SLUDGE; THREE-DIMENSIONAL FLUORESCENCE SPECTRA;

CYTOLOGY;

EXTRACELLULAR POLYMERIC SUBSTANCE; POLYMER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BIOPOLYMER; SEWAGE;

ADHESION; AGGREGATION; BIOFILM; FLOCCULATION; HYDROPHOBICITY; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; POLYMER; SLUDGE;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BIOFILM; CELL AGGREGATION; CELLS BY ORGANISM; EXTRACTION; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; HYDROPHOBICITY; MICROBIAL CELL; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; SLUDGE; ZETA POTENTIAL; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; CHEMICAL PHENOMENA; CHEMISTRY; FLOCCULATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MICROBIOLOGY; SEWAGE; SPECTROFLUOROMETRY; SURFACE PROPERTY;

BACTERIAL ADHESION; BIOFILMS; BIOPOLYMERS; FLOCCULATION; HYDROPHOBIC AND HYDROPHILIC INTERACTIONS; SEWAGE; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS, RAMAN; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 84922219401     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: 18791298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2014.05.070     Document Type: Article

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