Exploiting extracellular polymeric substances (EPS) controlling strategies for performance enhancement of biological wastewater treatments: an overview

Y Shi, J Huang, G Zeng, Y Gu, Y Chen, Y Hu, B Tang… - Chemosphere, 2017 - Elsevier
Extracellular polymeric substances (EPS) are present both outside of the cells and in the
interior of microbial aggregates, and account for a main component in microbial aggregates …

Recent progress in integrated fixed-film activated sludge process for wastewater treatment: A review

S Waqas, MR Bilad, Z Man, Y Wibisono, J Jaafar… - Journal of environmental …, 2020 - Elsevier
Integrated fixed-film activated sludge (IFAS) process is considered as one of the leading-
edge processes that provides a sustainable solution for wastewater treatment. IFAS was …

Spectroscopic fingerprints profiling the polysaccharide/protein/humic architecture of stratified extracellular polymeric substances (EPS) in activated sludge

J Yu, K Xiao, H Xu, Y Li, Q Xue, W Xue, A Zhang… - Water Research, 2023 - Elsevier
Extracellular polymeric substances (EPS), with a stratified structure including tightly-bound
EPS (TB-EPS), loosely-bound EPS (LB-EPS), and soluble EPS (S-EPS) surrounding the …

Characterization of stratified EPS and their role in the initial adhesion of anammox consortia

W Wang, Y Yan, Y Zhao, Q Shi, Y Wang - Water research, 2020 - Elsevier
Anammox bacteria tend to self-aggregate, and biofilm-based anammox processes are
widely used as sustainable alternative methods for nitrogen removal from wastewater …

Stratification of extracellular polymeric substances (EPS) for aggregated anammox microorganisms

F Jia, Q Yang, X Liu, X Li, B Li, L Zhang… - … Science & Technology, 2017 - ACS Publications
Sludge aggregation and biofilm formation are the most effective approaches to solve the
washout of anammox microorganisms. In this study, the structure and composition of EPS …

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 …

Effect of EPS and its forms of aerobic granular sludge on sludge aggregation performance during granulation process based on XDLVO theory

Y Wang, J Wang, Z Liu, X Huang, F Fang, J Guo… - Science of The Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
Different forms of extracellular polymeric substances (EPS) play different roles in the
formation process of aerobic granular sludge (AGS). This work focused on the contribution of …

Characterization of EPS compositions and microbial community in an Anammox SBBR system treating landfill leachate

L Miao, Q Zhang, S Wang, B Li, Z Wang, S Zhang… - Bioresource …, 2018 - Elsevier
The biofilm system is beneficial for Anammox process designed to treat landfill leachate. In
this study, the composition of extracellular polymeric substances (EPS) and the microbial …

Role of extracellular polymeric substances (EPS) production in bioaggregation: application to wastewater treatment

Z Ding, I Bourven, G Guibaud… - Applied microbiology …, 2015 - Springer
This paper reviews the formation, structure, and stability of bioaggregates with an emphasis
on the composition and distribution of extracellular polymeric substances (EPS) and their …

Insight into wastewater decontamination using polymeric adsorbents

PA Alaba, NA Oladoja, YM Sani, OB Ayodele… - Journal of …, 2018 - Elsevier
The use of polymeric adsorbent for decontamination of various sources of water was
critically reviewed. This arises from the alarming increase in water scarcity in many parts of …