Polyphosphate-accumulating organisms in full-scale tropical wastewater treatment plants use diverse carbon sources

• Main Authors: Qiu, Guanglei, Zuniga-Montanez, Rogelio, Law, Yingyu, Thi, Sara Swa, Nguyen, Thi Quynh Ngoc, Eganathan, Kaliyamoorthy, Liu, Xianghui, Nielsen, Per H., Williams, Rohan B. H., Wuertz, Stefan
• Other Authors: School of Civil and Environmental Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2020
• Subjects: Engineering::Civil engineering; Enhanced Biological Phosphorus Removal; High Temperature
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/138915
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Enhanced biological phosphorus removal (EBPR) is considered challenging in the tropics, based on a great number of laboratory-based studies showing that the polyphosphate-accumulating organism (PAO) Candidatus Accumulibacter does not compete well with glycogen accumulating organisms (GAOs) at temper...