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Wastewater bacteria

Part of the Wastewater Microbiology series, Wastewater Bacteria eschews technical jargon to deliver a practical, how-to guide for wastewater plant operators and those seeking to_understand the biology and biological conditions at the treatment process. This reader-friendly text_is free from equations and kinetics, but full of all the necessary information needed to understand the the treatment process
eBook, English, ©2006
Wiley-Interscience, Hoboken, N.J., ©2006
1 online resource (x, 255 pages) : illustrations
9780471979890, 9780471206910, 9780471979913, 0471979899, 0471206911, 0471979910
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Preface ix Part I Bacteria and Their Environment 1 1 Wastewater Microorganisms 3 2 Microbial Ecology 11 3 Bacteria 19 4 Bacterial Groups 33 5 Bioaugmentation 41 6 Pathogenic Bacteria 49 Part II Enzymes and Bacterial Growth 53 7 Enzymes 55 8 Hydrolytic Bacteria 59 9 Bacterial Growth 65 Part III Nitrogen, Phosphorus, and Sulfur Bacteria 75 10 Nitrifying Bacteria 77 11 Denitrifying Bacteria 91 12 Poly-P Bacteria 103 13 Sulfur-Oxidizing and Sulfur-Reducing Bacteria 117 Part IV Floc Formation 133 14 Floc-Forming Bacteria 135 15 Filamentous Bacteria 143 Part V Fermentation and Methane Production 153 16 Fermentative Bacteria 155 17 Methane-Forming Bacteria 161 Part VI Toxicity 165 18 Septage 167 19 Toxicity 173 Part VII Foam and Malodor Production 211 20 Microbial Foam 213 21 Biological Malodors 223 22 Atmospheric Inversions 231 References 235 Abbreviations and Acronyms 239 Chemical Compounds and Elements 241 Glossary 245 Index 251
Electronic reproduction, [Place of publication not identified], HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010