Aerobic granules: microbial landscape and architecture, stages, and practical implications.

ABSTRACT: For the successful application of aerobic granules in wastewater treatment, granules containing an appropriate microbial assembly able to remove contaminants should be retained and propagated within the reactor. To manipulate and/or optimize this process, a good understanding of the formation and dynamic architecture of the granules is desirable. Models of granules often assume a spherical shape with an outer layer and an inner core, but limited information is available regarding the extent of deviations from such assumptions. We report on new imaging approaches to gain detailed insights into the structural characteristics of aerobic granules. Our approach stained all components of the granule to obtain a high quality contrast in the images; hence limitations due to thresholding in the ima

SUBMITTER: Gonzalez-Gil G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4018849 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature