Degradation of slime extracellular polymeric substances and inhibited sludge flocs destruction contribute to sludge dewaterability enhancement during fungal treatment of sludge using filamentous fungus Mucor sp. GY-1

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 192, Issue , 2015, Pages 514-521

  Wang, Zhenyu ^a   Zheng, Guanyu ^a,b   Zhou, Lixiang ^a,b  

^a NANJING AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

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

Author keywords

Filamentous fungus; Slime extracellular polymeric substances; Sludge dewaterability; Sludge flocs

Indexed keywords

FUNGI;

EXTRA-CELLULAR POLYMERIC SUBSTANCES; FILAMENTOUS FUNGI; FUNGAL TREATMENT; MICROBIAL CELLS; SLUDGE DEWATERABILITY; SLUDGE FLOCS; SPECIFIC RESISTANCE TO FILTRATION; WASTE ACTIVATED SLUDGES;

POLYMERS;

POLYSACCHARIDE; SEWAGE; WASTE WATER; WATER; WATER POLLUTANT;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; BIOFILM; BIOTECHNOLOGY; DEGRADATION; DEWATERING; FILTRATION; FLOCCULATION; FUNGUS; INHIBITION; POLYMER; POLYSACCHARIDE; WASTE TREATMENT;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGRADATION; FILTRATION; INOCULATION; MUCOR; NONHUMAN; PARTICLE SIZE; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLUDGE DEWATERING; SLUDGE TREATMENT; SURFACE CHARGE; ZETA POTENTIAL; BIOREMEDIATION; CELL AGGREGATION; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SEWAGE; WASTE WATER; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTANT;

FUNGI; MUCOR;

BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; CELL AGGREGATION; MUCOR; POLYSACCHARIDES; SEWAGE; WASTE WATER; WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 84936751360     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: 18732976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2015.06.019     Document Type: Article

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