Activated sludge systems are designed and operated globally to remove phosphorus
microbiologically, a process called enhanced biological phosphorus removal (EBPR). Yet …

In the last two decades major changes have occurred in how microbial ecologists study
microbial communities. Limitations associated with traditional culture-based methods have …

Wastewater Microbiology focuses on microbial contaminants found in wastewater, methods
of detection for these contaminants, and methods of cleansing water of microbial …

Abstract Al. pha. pro. te. o. bac. te′ ri. a. Gr. n. alpha name of first letter of Greek alphabet;
Gr. n. Proteus ocean god able to change shape; Gr. n. bakterion a small rod; ML fem. pl. n …

Culture-independent molecular techniques are now available to study microbial
ecosystems. They are opening interesting perspectives to problems related to composition …

Larus gull species have proven adaptable to urbanization and due to their generalist
feeding behaviors, they provide useful opportunities to study how urban environments …

Fluorescent in situ hybridization (FISH) and polyphosphate (polyP) staining methods were
used to characterize the microbial community structure of 13 activated sludge samples taken …

All activated sludge systems for removing phosphate microbiologically are configured so the
biomass is cycled continuously through alternating anaerobic and aerobic zones. This paper …

The identity of polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHA) storing bacteria selected under aerobic
dynamic feeding conditions, using propionate as carbon source (reactor P), was determined …

The migration and transformation of sulfur is closely related to carbon sources. However,
knowledge on the co-occurrence patterns of sulfur-related bacteria and other carbon …