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Water and wastewater treatment and reuse

Effect and mechanism of perfluorooctanoic acid on extracellular polymeric substances of microorganisms during biological wastewater treatment

by Huang Jian Zheng Xiaoyu Zhang Hua Luo Tao Cao Jianye Lin Minli Liu Guowei Shuai Zichen

Water and wastewater treatment and reuse

Perfluorooctanoic acid is ubiquitous in wastewater, bioaccumulative and biotoxic, and interferes with biological wastewater treatment. Extracellular polymeric substances are important components of microbial cells. The effects of perfluorooctanoic acid (0 mg L -1, 0.1 mg L -1, 0.5 mg L -1, 1.0 mg L...

Biological wastewater treatment extracellular polymeric substances +3 more