A5073590236- Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal
- Microbial Fuel Cells and Bioremediation
- biodegradable polymer synthesis and properties
- Constructed Wetlands for Wastewater Treatment
- Water Treatment and Disinfection
- Microplastics and Plastic Pollution
- Membrane Separation Technologies
- Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts
- Phosphorus and nutrient management
- Analytical chemistry methods development
- Enzyme Catalysis and Immobilization
- Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
- Cystic Fibrosis Research Advances
- Anaerobic Digestion and Biogas Production
- Tracheal and airway disorders
- Algal biology and biofuel production
- Water-Energy-Food Nexus Studies
- Graphene and Nanomaterials Applications
- Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction
- Mercury impact and mitigation studies
- Biofuel production and bioconversion
- Amino Acid Enzymes and Metabolism
- Parathyroid Disorders and Treatments
- Water Quality Monitoring and Analysis
- Pesticide and Herbicide Environmental Studies
Rede de Química e Tecnologia
2015-2025
The University of Queensland
2006-2025
Universidade Nova de Lisboa
2016-2025
Unidade em Ciências Biomoleculares Aplicadas
2021-2024
University of Lisbon
2007-2020
Abstract Enhanced biological phosphorus removal (EBPR) performance is directly affected by the competition between polyphosphate accumulating organisms (PAOs) and glycogen (GAOs). This study investigates effects of carbon source on PAO GAO metabolism. Enriched cultures were tested with two most commonly found volatile fatty acids (VFAs) in wastewater systems, acetate propionate. Four sequencing batch reactors (SBRs) operated under similar conditions influent compositions either or propionate...
Propionate, a carbon substrate abundant in many prefermenters, has been shown several previous studies to be more favorable than acetate for enhanced biological phosphorus removal (EBPR). The anaerobic metabolism of propionate by polyphosphate accumulating organisms (PAOs) is studied this paper. A metabolic model proposed characterize the biochemical transformations uptake PAOs. demonstrated predict very well experimental data from PAO culture enriched laboratory-scale reactor with as sole...
Pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs) are becoming increasingly recognised as important micropollutants to be monitored in wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs), since WWTP effluents represent an point source natural aquatic systems. In this study, the abundance of 65 PPCPs was analysed 5 Portuguese WWTPs during spring autumn. Due fact that analytical approaches normally used quantify these compounds labour intensive require various specific procedures, study proposes a set...