The biofilm life cycle: expanding the conceptual model of biofilm formation

K Sauer, P Stoodley, DM Goeres… - Nature Reviews …, 2022 - nature.com
Bacterial biofilms are often defined as communities of surface-attached bacteria and are
typically depicted with a classic mushroom-shaped structure characteristic of Pseudomonas …

[HTML][HTML] A review of the state of development of aerobic granular sludge technology over the last 20 years: Full-scale applications and resource recovery

R Hamza, A Rabii, F Ezzahraoui, G Morgan… - Case Studies in …, 2022 - Elsevier
The aerobic granular sludge (AGS) biotechnology has gained increasing interest during the
past two decades as a potential replacement of the conventional activated sludge (CAS) …

Effect of different forms and components of EPS on sludge aggregation during granulation process of aerobic granular sludge

T Peng, Y Wang, J Wang, F Fang, P Yan, Z Liu - Chemosphere, 2022 - Elsevier
The characteristics of three forms of extracellular polymeric substances (EPS) and their
component proteins (PN) and polysaccharides (PS) during the granulation process of …

Rapid formation of aerobic granular sludge by bioaugmentation technology: a review

X Han, Y Jin, J Yu - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2022 - Elsevier
Aerobic granular sludge (AGS) is the most promising technology to upgrade the most widely
applied conventional activated sludge (CAS) due to its overwhelming advantages. Long …

[HTML][HTML] Fate of antibiotics and antibiotic resistance genes during conventional and additional treatment technologies in wastewater treatment plants

NA Sabri, S Van Holst, H Schmitt… - Science of the Total …, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract Information on the removal of antibiotics and ARGs in full-scale WWTPs (with or
without additional treatment technology) is limited. However, it is important to understand the …

New progress of ammonia recovery during ammonia nitrogen removal from various wastewaters

S Xiang, Y Liu, G Zhang, R Ruan, Y Wang… - World Journal of …, 2020 - Springer
The recovery of ammonia–nitrogen during wastewater treatment and water purification is
increasingly critical in energy and economic development. The concentration of ammonia …

Aerobic granular sludge process: a fast growing biological treatment for sustainable wastewater treatment

YV Nancharaiah, M Sarvajith - Current Opinion in Environmental Science & …, 2019 - Elsevier
Aerobic granular sludge (AGS) was developed as a better replacement for activated sludge
(AS) and overcoming sludge–water separation issues in the biological treatment of …

Granule formation mechanism, key influencing factors, and resource recycling in aerobic granular sludge (AGS) wastewater treatment: A review

S Liu, M Zhou, GT Daigger, J Huang, G Song - Journal of Environmental …, 2023 - Elsevier
The high-efficiency and additionally economic benefits generated from aerobic granular
sludge (AGS) wastewater treatment have led to its increasing popularity among academics …

Impact of hydraulic retention time on community assembly and function of photogranules for wastewater treatment

LM Trebuch, BO Oyserman, M Janssen, RH Wijffels… - Water research, 2020 - Elsevier
Photogranules are dense, spherical agglomerates of cyanobacteria, microalgae and non-
phototrophic microorganisms that have considerable advantages in terms of harvesting and …

Non-surface attached bacterial aggregates: a ubiquitous third lifestyle

YM Cai - Frontiers in microbiology, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Bacteria are now generally believed to adopt two main lifestyles: planktonic individuals, or
surface-attached biofilms. However, in recent years medical microbiologists started to stress …