Acidobacteria represents an underrepresented soil bacterial phylum whose members are
pervasive and copiously distributed across nearly all ecosystems. Acidobacterial sequences …

Biopolymers are considered a potential alternative to conventional chemical polymers
because of their ease of biodegradability, high efficiency, non-toxicity and non-secondary …

Extracellular polymeric substances (EPSs) are key biological substances, which largely
determine properties of sludge flocs, including hydrophobicity, adhesion, flocculation …

A review concerning the definition, extraction, characterization, production and functions of
extracellular polymeric substances (EPS) of microbial aggregates in biological wastewater …

This is the second edition of Freshwater Algae; the popular guide to temperate freshwater
algae. This book uniquely combines practical information on sampling and experimental …

Laboratory experiments on the activated sludge (AS) process were carried out to investigate
the influence of microbial extracellular polymeric substances (EPS), including loosely bound …

Membrane bioreactors (MBRs), in which membranes are applied to biological wastewater
treatment for biomass separation, provide many advantages over conventional treatment …

The influence of sludge retention time (SRT) on the extracellular polymeric substances
(EPS) and physicochemical properties (hydrophobicity and surface charge) of sludge was …

Results in over 200 publications related to constituents, quantities, and characteristics of
extracellular polymeric substances (EPS) in activated sludge and their influences on sludge …

This paper examines the influence of the chemical constituents of activated sludge and
extracted extracellular polymeric substances (EPS) on the surface properties …