Phosphorus accumulating organisms [PAOs] think different.
They are not interested in crowd formation like organic heterotrophs. They know their niche. They know where their space is. They know themselves.
Say, I’m a bacterium. I’m introduced to a new space/vast land with abundant resources for growt...
In aerobic biological oxidation of carbon, the organic carbon in the wastewater is converted to carbon dioxide. The reaction also results in the production of new bacterial cells. Maintaining an optimal volume of bacterial cells ...
The Nitrogen cycle
We know that the biological removal of ammonium from wastewater needs two distinct conventional steps:
1. Nitr...
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Dr. Down, Chemist of the Massachusetts State Board of Health, after a series of experiments concluded with confidence that rigorous agitation of air does not contribute to sewage purification. Maaon and Hine asserted aeration had negli...
