Membrane biofouling retardation and improved sludge characteristics using quorum quenching bacteria in submerged membrane bioreactor

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 483, Issue , 2015, Pages 75-83

  Maqbool, Tahir ^a   Khan, Sher Jamal ^a   Waheed, Hira ^a   Lee, Chung Hak ^b   Hashmi, Imran ^a   Iqbal, Hamid ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY NUST   (Pakistan)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

AHLs degradation; Extracellular polymeric substances; Membrane biofouling; Quorum quenching; Rhodococcus sp.

Indexed keywords

BIOCONVERSION; BIOFOULING; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MEMBRANES; MICROFILTRATION; QUENCHING; SODIUM ALGINATE; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

EXTRA-CELLULAR POLYMERIC SUBSTANCES; MEMBRANE BIO REACTOR (MBR); MEMBRANE BIOFOULING; N-ACYL HOMOSERINE LACTONES; QUORUM QUENCHING; RHODOCOCCUS SP; SPECIFIC CAKE RESISTANCES; SUBMERGED MEMBRANE BIOREACTORS;

BIOREACTORS;

ALGINIC ACID; EXTRACELLULAR POLYMERIC SUBSTANCE; GLUCONOLACTONASE; POLYMER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ARTICLE; BIOFOULING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOULING CONTROL; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MEMBRANE REACTOR; MICROBIAL DEGRADATION; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUORUM SENSING; RHODOCOCCUS; SUBMERGED CELL CULTURE; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84924939633     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: 18733123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2015.02.011     Document Type: Article

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