Metabolic versatility in full-scale wastewater treatment plants performing enhanced biological phosphorus removal

AB Lanham, A Oehmen, AM Saunders, G Carvalho… - Water research, 2013 - Elsevier
This study analysed the enhanced biological phosphorus removal (EBPR) microbial
community and metabolic performance of five full-scale EBPR systems by using …

Metabolic modelling of full-scale enhanced biological phosphorus removal sludge

AB Lanham, A Oehmen, AM Saunders, G Carvalho… - Water research, 2014 - Elsevier
This study investigates, for the first time, the application of metabolic models incorporating
polyphosphate accumulating organisms (PAOs) and glycogen accumulating organisms …

Effect of lactate on the microbial community and process performance of an EBPR system

FJ Rubio-Rincón, L Welles… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Candidatus Accumulibacter phosphatis is in general presented as the dominant organism
responsible for the biological removal of phosphorus in activated sludge wastewater …

Improvement strategy on enhanced biological phosphorus removal for municipal wastewater treatment plants: full-scale operating parameters, sludge activities, and …

Z Zhang, H Li, J Zhu, L Weiping, X Xin - Bioresource technology, 2011 - Elsevier
The poor quality of effluent discharged by municipal wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs)
is threatening the safety of water ecology. This study, which integrated a field survey, batch …

Characterizing the biochemical activity of full‐scale enhanced biological phosphorus removal systems: a comparison with metabolic models

M Pijuan, A Oehmen, JA Baeza… - Biotechnology and …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
The metabolism of polyphosphate accumulating organisms (PAOs) has been widely studied
through the use of lab‐scale enrichments. Various metabolic models have been formulated …

Enhanced biological phosphorus removal from wastewater by biomass with different phosphorus contents, part I: experimental results and comparison with metabolic …

AJ Schuler, D Jenkins - Water Environment Research, 2003 - Wiley Online Library
Enhanced biological phosphorus removal (EBPR) in wastewater treatment involves at least
two types of bacterial metabolism: a polyphosphate‐accumulating metabolism (PAM) and a …

Functionally relevant microorganisms to enhanced biological phosphorus removal performance at full‐scale wastewater treatment plants in the United States

AZ Gu, A Saunders, JB Neethling… - Water Environment …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
The abundance and relevance of Accumulibacter phosphatis (presumed to be
polyphosphate‐accumulating organisms [PAOs]), Competibacter phosphatis (presumed to …

Factors affecting the microbial populations at full-scale enhanced biological phosphorus removal (EBPR) wastewater treatment plants in The Netherlands

CM López-Vázquez, CM Hooijmans, D Brdjanovic… - Water research, 2008 - Elsevier
The influence of operating and environmental conditions on the microbial populations of the
enhanced biological phosphorus removal (EBPR) process at seven full-scale municipal …

Understanding the detrimental effect of nitrate presence on EBPR systems: effect of the plant configuration

J Guerrero, C Tayà, A Guisasola… - Journal of Chemical …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
The interaction between enhanced biological phosphorus removal (EPBR) and biological
nitrogen removal may result in EBPR failure in full‐scale wastewater treatment plants …

Characterisation of enhanced biological phosphorus removal activated sludges with dissimilar phosphorus removal performances

PL Bond, J Keller, LL Blackall - Water Science and Technology, 1998 - Elsevier
A sequencing batch reactor (SBR) was operated for enhanced biological phosphorus
removal (EBPR) and dramatic differences to the P removing capabilities were obtained in …