Species-specific enumeration of mixed community is invaluable as it facilitates a better
understanding of the significance of the individual strains, their interactions, and the …

Activated sludge process is the most widely used technology for municipal and industrial
wastewater treatment. The microbial community of activated sludge is a mixed population of …

The activated sludge process is used extensively in wastewater treatment. However, it
generates significant amounts of waste activated sludge (WAS) during primary (physical …

A special acknowledgement to the late Lester Rasch, for his friendship, support and
invaluable words of encouragement… and… for showing me that all things are possible with …

Molecular biological methods for mixed culture analysis outshine conventional culture-
based techniques in terms of better sensitivity and reliability. The majority of these methods …

Industrial progress, in the last few decades, has dramatically increased the release of toxic
xenobiotics into the environment, endangering the eco-balance of Mother Earth. For …

Wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) frequently experience bulking and foaming episodes,
which present operational challenges by affecting sludge settling due to the excessive …

Conventional biological nitrogen removal processes in wastewater treatment works
(WWTW) depend on carbohydrates (COD) as both energy and carbon source. Therefore …