Microscopic examination of the activated sludge process /
By: Gerardi, Michael H [author.].
Series: Wastewater microbiology series: Publisher: Hoboken, New Jersey : Wiley, 2008Description: xii, 245 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.Content type: text | text | still image Media type: unmediated | unmediated Carrier type: volume | volumeISBN: 9780470050712; 9780470050712:; 0470050713.Subject(s): Sewage -- Purification -- Activated sludge process | Sewage sludge -- Characterization | Microscopy | Microorganisms | Water -- MicrobiologyDDC classification: 628.354Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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ATU Sligo Yeats Library Main Lending Collection | 628.354 GER (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 0082179 |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-236) and index.
Introduction -- Mixed liquor biota food chain -- Samples -- Safety -- Rationale for microscopy -- The microscope -- Microscopic measurements -- The stereoscopic binocular microscope -- Equipment and supplies -- Wet mounts and smears -- Staining techniques -- Dispersed growth -- Particulate material -- Spirochetes -- Floc particles -- Tetrads -- Zoogloeal growth -- Foam -- Protozoa -- Relative predominance of bacteria and protozoa -- Rotifers -- Free-Llving nematodes -- Gastrotriches -- Water bears -- Bristleworms -- Bloodworms -- Sludge worms -- Copepods and cyclops -- Water fleas -- Ostracoda -- Filamentous organisms -- Algae -- Fungi -- Microscopic set-up and rating tables -- Worksheets -- Report of microscopic examination -- Chemical compounds.
An invaluable troubleshooting tool, 'Microscopic Examination of the Activated Sludge Process' addresses how to use the microscope and provides proper techniques for sample preparation. It explains how to relate and interpret observations and whether observing conditions are desirable or undesirable.