Wastewater Bacteria

PREFACE ix

PART I BACTERIA AND THEIR ENVIRONMENT 1

1 Wastewater Microorganisms 3

2 Microbial Ecology 11

3 Bacteria 19

4 Bacterial Groups 33

5 Bioaugmentation 41

6 Pathogenic Bacteria 49

PART II ENZYMES AND BACTERIAL GROWTH 53

7 Enzymes 55

8 Hydrolytic Bacteria 59

9 Bacterial Growth 65

PART III NITROGEN, PHOSPHORUS, AND SULFUR BACTERIA 75

10 Nitrifying Bacteria 77

11 Denitrifying Bacteria 91

12 Poly-P Bacteria 103

13 Sulfur-Oxidizing and Sulfur-Reducing Bacteria 117

PART IV FLOC FORMATION 133

14 Floc-Forming Bacteria 135

15 Filamentous Bacteria 143

PART V FERMENTATION AND METHANE PRODUCTION 153

16 Fermentative Bacteria 155

17 Methane-Forming Bacteria 161

PART VI TOXICITY 165

18 Septage 167

19 Toxicity 173

PART VII FOAM AND MALODOR PRODUCTION 211

20 Microbial Foam 213

21 Biological Malodors 223

22 Atmospheric Inversions 231

REFERENCES 235

ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS 239

CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS AND ELEMENTS 241

GLOSSARY 245

INDEX 251