Aerobic sludge granulation : a tale of two polysaccharides?

• Main Authors: Loosdrecht, Mark C. M. van., Seviour, Thomas, Yuan, Zhiguo, Lin, Yuemei
• Other Authors: School of Biological Sciences
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: DRNTU::Science::Biological sciences
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/96371; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/10243
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Aerobic sludge granules are suspended biofilms with the potential to reduce the cost and footprint of secondary wastewater treatment. Attempts to answer how and why they form leads to a consideration of the role of their extracellular polymeric substances (EPS) in determining their physical and micr...