Abstract
Biological wastewater treatment has been applied for more than a century to ameliorate anthropogenic damage to
the environment. But only during the last decade the use of molecular tools allowed to accurately determine the
composition, and dynamics of activated sludge and biofilm microbial communities. Novel, in many cases yet not
cultured bacteria were identified to be responsible for filamentous bulking and foaming as well as phosphorus and
nitrogen removal in these systems. Now, methods are developed to infer the in situ physiology of these bacteria.
Here we provide an overview of what is currently known about the identity and physiology of some of themicrobial
key players in activated sludge and biofilm systems.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 665-680 |
| Number of pages | 16 |
| Journal | Antonie van Leeuwenhoek: international journal of general and molecular microbiology |
| Volume | 81 |
| Publication status | Published - 2002 |
Austrian Fields of Science 2012
- 106022 Microbiology