To investigate the possible biochemical metabolisms for excess phosphate uptake in a sequencing batch reactor (SBR) with single-stage oxic process, which was reported using glucose as the sole carbon source previously, glucose and acetate were fed to two SBRs as the sole carbon source, respectively. The changes of polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs), glycogen and the removal of phosphorus were compare...

OBJECTIVE To determine the effect of reinforced calcium phosphate cement augmentation of the femoral neck defect created after dynamic hip screw removal in a cadaveric model. METHODS The lag screws of dynamic hip screw implants were inserted and subsequently removed in 8 matched pairs of cadaveric, osteoporotic femurs to create a femoral neck defect. One of each pair had the defect augmented ...

AIM The application of iron-reducing bacteria (IRB) to phosphate removal from returned liquor (liquid fraction after activated sludge digestion and anaerobic sludge dewatering) of municipal wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) was studied. METHODS AND RESULTS An enrichment culture and two pure cultures of IRB, Stenotrophomonas maltophilia BK and Brachymonas denitrificans MK identified by 16S rRN...

Laboratory and full-scale experiments were performed in order to investigate the effect of mixing, as represented by the mean velocity gradient, G-value (Grady et al, 1999), and time dynamics in chemical phosphorus removal. The results prove that the chemical reactions occurring during phosphorus removal upon addition of trivalent metal salts (Fe, Al) cannot be described with the currently appl...

1. In yeast growing on ethanol a turnover rate of up to 2%/h was measured. As much as 80% of the protein was subject to turnover, and no marked heterogeneity in the rate of degradation of protein was observed. When the yeast grew on glucose, the protein was degraded at a lower rate (0.5-1%/h). 2. Starvation for a nitrogen source increased the rate of protein degradation severalfold, whereas dep...

Comparative time-course studies of glycogen synthesis from glucose 6-phosphate, glucose 1-phosphate and UDP-glucose show that glucose 1-phosphate forms glycogen at an initial rate faster than that obtained with glucose 6-phosphate and UDP-glucose. After 5min. the rates from glucose monophosphates are considerably slower. 2,4-Dinitrophenol decreases glycogen synthesis from both glucose monophosp...

This worked assessed the potential of alginate-like exopolymers (ALE) hydrogels recovered from aerobic granular sludge (AGS) in removing compounds commonly present municipal wastewater. Batch sorption experiments were performed with ALE at different operating conditions. Results showed that can only remove phosphate, removal efficiencies up to 90.8% and practical loadings 1.22 ± 0.07 mg PO43?-P...

The use of algae to treat wastewater has been under investigation for decades. Laboratory experiments were performed to study the growth rate and nitrate and phosphate uptake of free and immobilized cells of saline tolerant, nitrogen fixing cyanobacterium Gloeocapsa gelatinosa. The immobilization was carried out in calcium alginate matrix. The immobilized cells were found to be highly effective...