Advances in enhanced biological phosphorus removal: from micro to macro scale

A Oehmen, PC Lemos, G Carvalho, Z Yuan, J Keller… - Water research, 2007 - Elsevier
The enhanced biological phosphorus removal (EBPR) process has been implemented in
many wastewater treatment plants worldwide. While the EBPR process is indeed capable of …

Microbiology and biochemistry of the enhanced biological phosphate removal process

T Mino, MCM Van Loosdrecht, JJ Heijnen - Water research, 1998 - Elsevier
This paper reviews microbiological and biochemical aspects of the enhanced biological
phosphate removal (EBPR) process. The discussion includes: microorganisms responsible …

The microbiology of biological phosphorus removal in activated sludge systems

RJ Seviour, T Mino, M Onuki - FEMS microbiology reviews, 2003 - academic.oup.com
Activated sludge systems are designed and operated globally to remove phosphorus
microbiologically, a process called enhanced biological phosphorus removal (EBPR). Yet …

Metagenomic analysis of two enhanced biological phosphorus removal (EBPR) sludge communities

HG Martin, N Ivanova, V Kunin, F Warnecke… - Nature …, 2006 - nature.com
Enhanced biological phosphorus removal (EBPR) is one of the best-studied microbially
mediated industrial processes because of its ecological and economic relevance. Despite …

Production of polyhydroxyalkanoates by mixed culture: recent trends and biotechnological importance

H Salehizadeh, MCM Van Loosdrecht - Biotechnology advances, 2004 - Elsevier
Polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs) are the polymers of hydroxyalkanoates that accumulate as
carbon/energy or reducing-power storage material in various microorganisms. PHAs have …

Enrichment, phylogenetic analysis and detection of a bacterium that performs enhanced biological phosphate removal in activated sludge

RPX Hesselmann, C Werlen, D Hahn… - Systematic and applied …, 1999 - Elsevier
Activated sludge communities which performed enhanced biological phosphate removal
(EBPR) were phylogenetically analyzed by 16S rRNA-targeted molecular methods. Two …

Production of polyhydroxyalkanoates by mixed microbial cultures

MAM Reis, LS Serafim, PC Lemos, AM Ramos… - Bioprocess and …, 2003 - Springer
Polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs) are biodegradable bioplastics formed from renewable
resources, like sugars, with similar characteristics of polypropylene. These bioplastics are …

A metabolic model for acetate uptake under anaerobic conditions by glycogen accumulating organisms: stoichiometry, kinetics, and the effect of pH

CDM Filipe, GT Daigger… - Biotechnology and …, 2001 - Wiley Online Library
A metabolic model for the stoichiometry of acetate uptake under anaerobic conditions by an
enriched culture of glycogen accumulating organisms (GAOs) was developed and tested by …

Accumulibacter clades Type I and II performing kinetically different glycogen-accumulating organisms metabolisms for anaerobic substrate uptake

L Welles, WD Tian, S Saad, B Abbas… - Water research, 2015 - Elsevier
The anaerobic acetate (HAc) uptake stoichiometry of phosphorus-accumulating organisms
(PAO) in enhanced biological phosphorus removal (EBPR) systems has been an extensive …

Anaerobic metabolism of propionate by polyphosphate‐accumulating organisms in enhanced biological phosphorus removal systems

A Oehmen, RJ Zeng, Z Yuan… - Biotechnology and …, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
Propionate, a carbon substrate abundant in many prefermenters, has been shown in several
previous studies to be a more favorable substrate than acetate for enhanced biological …