Polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) storage within a mixed-culture biomass with simultaneous growth as a function of accumulation substrate nitrogen and phosphorus levels

Water Research

Volumn 77, Issue , 2015, Pages 49-63

  Valentino, Francesco ^a   Karabegovic, Lamija ^b   Majone, Mauro ^a   Morgan Sagastume, Fernando ^b   Werker, Alan ^b,c  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b AnoxKaldnes AB   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Accumulation productivity; Feed on demand; Mixed culture; Nitrogen; Phosphorus; Polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs)

Indexed keywords

BATCH REACTORS; BIOMASS; FEEDSTOCKS; FOOD SUPPLY; NUTRIENTS; PH; PHOSPHORUS; PRODUCTIVITY;

ACCUMULATION PRODUCTIVITY; ACTIVE BIOMASS; CONDITION; FED BATCHES; FEED ON DEMAND; MIXED CULTURES; NUTRIENT-STARVATION; ON DEMANDS; POLYHYDROXYALKANOATE; POLYHYDROXYALKANOATES;

NITROGEN;

ACETIC ACID; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; POLYHYDROXYALKANOIC ACID; VOLATILE FATTY ACID; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; SEWAGE;

ACCUMULATION; ACETIC ACID; ACTIVATED SLUDGE; BIOASSAY; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; BIOMASS; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FATTY ACID; FERMENTATION; GROWTH RESPONSE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; ORGANIC COMPOUND; PHENOTYPE; PHOSPHORUS; SUBSTRATE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOMASS; BIOMASS PRODUCTION; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; FERMENTATION; MIXED CELL CULTURE; MIXED MICROBIAL CULTURE BIOMASS; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; NUTRIENT LOADING; ORGANIC WASTE; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCTIVITY; SEQUENCING BATCH REACTOR; STORAGE; WATER QUALITY; WHEY; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; BIOREACTOR; BIOSYNTHESIS; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIAL CONSORTIUM; MICROBIOLOGY; SEWAGE;

ACETIC ACID; BIOLOGICAL OXYGEN DEMAND ANALYSIS; BIOMASS; BIOREACTORS; FATTY ACIDS, VOLATILE; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; MICROBIAL CONSORTIA; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; POLYHYDROXYALKANOATES; SEWAGE;

EID: 84926361177     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2015.03.016     Document Type: Article

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