Acyl-homoserine lactone-based quorum sensing and quorum quenching hold promise to determine the performance of biological wastewater treatments: An overview

Chemosphere

Volumn 157, Issue , 2016, Pages 137-151

  Huang, Jinhui ^a   Shi, Yahui ^a   Zeng, Guangming ^a   Gu, Yanling ^a   Chen, Guiqiu ^a   Shi, Lixiu ^a   Hu, Yi ^a   Tang, Bi ^a   Zhou, Jianxin ^a  

^a HUNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Activated sludge; Acyl homoserine lactone; Biofilms; Membrane bioreactors; Quorum quenching; Quorum sensing

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS; BIOFILMS; BIOLOGICAL MEMBRANES; BIOREACTORS; DEGRADATION; ESTERS; GENE EXPRESSION; POPULATION STATISTICS; QUENCHING; RECLAMATION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ACYL HOMOSERINE LACTONES; MEMBRANE BIOREACTOR; QUORUM QUENCHING; QUORUM-SENSING;

BACTERIA;

N ACYLHOMOSERINE LACTONE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; GAMMA BUTYROLACTONE DERIVATIVE; SEWAGE; WASTE WATER;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; BACTERIUM; BIODEGRADATION; BIOFILM; BIOREACTOR; BIOTECHNOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESTER; GENE EXPRESSION; GROWTH RATE; MEMBRANE; MICROBIAL ECOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; SURVIVAL; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; DEGRADATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; MEMBRANE; MEMBRANE REACTOR; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; QUORUM SENSING; REVIEW; SLUDGE; SYNTHESIS; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; BIOREACTOR; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL CONSORTIUM; MICROBIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PROTEOBACTERIA; SEWAGE; STANDARDS; WASTE WATER; WATER MANAGEMENT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

ACYL-BUTYROLACTONES; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOREACTORS; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; MICROBIAL CONSORTIA; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PROTEOBACTERIA; QUORUM SENSING; SEWAGE; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; WASTE WATER; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 84969194783     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: 18791298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2016.05.032     Document Type: Review

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