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Enzymatic extraction of activated sludge extracellular polymers and implications on bioflocculation.

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Results indicate that the extraction of extracellular polymers by enzymes is a rather quick process reaching equilibrium within only a few hours, and generally gives a lower estimate of polymers compared to the CER method, but correctly detects the trends in the polymer quantity.
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This article is published in Water Research.The article was published on 2006-04-01. It has received 72 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Lysis & Enzymatic hydrolysis.

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Extracellular polymeric substances (EPS) of microbial aggregates in biological wastewater treatment systems: a review.

TL;DR: As EPS are very complex, the knowledge regarding EPS is far from complete and much work is still required to fully understand their precise roles in the biological treatment process.
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Extracellular polymeric substances of bacteria and their potential environmental applications.

TL;DR: This review marginalizes various studies conducted so far about EPS nature-production-recovery, properties, environmental applications and moreover, critically examines future research needs and advanced application prospective of the EPS.
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Exploiting extracellular polymeric substances (EPS) controlling strategies for performance enhancement of biological wastewater treatments: An overview.

TL;DR: Special emphasis is laid on EPS controlling strategies which would have the great potential in promoting microbial aggregates performance and in alleviating membrane fouling, including limitation strategies and elevation strategies which have been confirmed to be feasible and promising to enhance system performance.
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Pre-treatments to enhance the biodegradability of waste activated sludge: Elucidating the rate limiting step.

TL;DR: It is concluded that some pre-treatment techniques, such as thermal hydrolysis, thermal phased anaerobic digestion and low-temperature pre- treatment are effective ways to increase energy production and to improve other sludge properties,such as dewatering.
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Enhancement of activated sludge dewatering performance by combined composite enzymatic lysis and chemical re-flocculation with inorganic coagulants: Kinetics of enzymatic reaction and re-flocculation morphology.

TL;DR: It was found that sludge filtration performance was deteriorated due to release of a large amount of biopolymers after enzymatic treatment, while the cake moisture reduction was favored at the optimal dosage of inorganic coagulants.
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Protein Measurement with the Folin Phenol Reagent

TL;DR: Procedures are described for measuring protein in solution or after precipitation with acids or other agents, and for the determination of as little as 0.2 gamma of protein.
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Colorimetric Method for Determination of Sugars and Related Substances

TL;DR: In this article, a method was developed to determine submicro amounts of sugars and related substances using a phenol-sulfuric acid reaction, which is useful for the determination of the composition of polysaccharides and their methyl derivatives.
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Extraction of extracellular polymers from activated sludge using a cation exchange resin

TL;DR: In this article, the extraction of water soluble extracellular polymeric substances (EPS) from activated sludge was investigated, which consisted mainly of protein but also humic compounds, carbohydrates, uronic acids and DNA.
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Relevance of microbial extracellular polymeric substances (EPSs) - Part I: Structural and ecological aspects

TL;DR: The EPS matrix is a dynamic system, constructed by the organisms and responding to environmental changes, that enables the cells to function in a manner similar to multicellular organisms.
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Surface properties of sludge and their role in bioflocculation and settleability

TL;DR: The results indicate that it is the surface properties, hydrophobicity, surface charge and composition of EPS, of sludge, rather than the quantity of EPS that govern bioflocculation, and in contrast, the EPS content is more important in controlling the settleability of sludges.
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