MICROBIAL CONSORTIA SELECTION IN ANAEROBIC FILTERS OPERATED IN DIFFERENT REACTOR CONFIGURATIONS

Authors
HARPER SR POHLAND FG
Citation
Sr. Harper et Fg. Pohland, MICROBIAL CONSORTIA SELECTION IN ANAEROBIC FILTERS OPERATED IN DIFFERENT REACTOR CONFIGURATIONS, Water science and technology, 36(6-7), 1997, pp. 33-39
Citations number
22
Categorie Soggetti
Water Resources","Environmental Sciences","Engineering, Civil
Journal title
Water science and technology → ACNP
ISSN journal
02731223
Volume
36
Issue
6-7
Year of publication
1997
Pages
33 - 39
Database
ISI
SICI code
0273-1223(1997)36:6-7<33:MCSIAF>2.0.ZU;2-3
Abstract
The selection and morphology of anaerobic cultures grown in anaerobic packed-bed reactors, with soft-drink wastewater serving as the primary substrate, are compared for four types of laboratory-scale reactors/f low regimes: upflow, downflow, and a pair of two-stage systems. Result s were obtained from scanning electron micrographs of cultures withdra wn from sampling pens located in the top, middle, and bottom of each r eactor. Samples were compared with respect to the distribution of rod- like, coccoid, and filamentous microbes. (C) 1997 IAWQ. Published by E lsevier Science Ltd.