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Eickelboom 021N filament types are commonly recognized to cause and contribute to sludge bulking in industrial and municipal wastewater treatment facilities. The morphological characteristics...

Fungi at low levels are common or insignificant and often incidental visitors to wastewater treatment processes, although at higher abundance fungi may indicate...

Eickelboom filament type 1863 is most commonly observed dispersed in solution or occasionally near the edges of the floc at 1000x oil-immersion...

Gastrotrich are invertebrates occasionally found in wastewater treatment systems. Generally their presence indicates good overall health, and they tend to occur in...

Filamentous bacteria Eickelboom morphotype 0914 is one of the most common filament types observed in all activated sludge treatment processes. Morphological features to...

Glycogen-accumulating organisms (GAOs) are common microorganism phenotypes observed in wastewater treatment processes. Through microscopy, traditional GAO phenotypes may be viewed as “grape-like”...

Rotifers are more complex than protozoan (classified as metazoan) and exist in a wide range of shapes and sizes. The taxonomic classification...

In recent literature Eickelboom filament type 0675 and type 0041 have been combined as a single filamentous bacteria morphoptype. Note that the...

One way Eickelboom filament type 0092 is unique is that for morphotype identification purposes, Neisser positive staining characteristics must apply. Filament type...

Typically considered the predominant genus responsible for the first step of nitrification in wastewater treatment plants, the Nitrosomonas genus is recognized by...

The MiDAS field guide recognizes the genus Tetrasphaera as having 19 individual species that may be found in various wastewater treatment processes. Tetrasphaera...

Stalked ciliates are protozoa (higher life-form organisms) that are characterized by their cilia, which are hair-like organelles. Ciliates are eukaryotic and contain...

Over the course of the previous 30 to 40 years, there has been strong correlation to various filamentous bacteria morphotypes and the...

Nematodes are a metazoan commonly found in wastewater treatment processes in small numbers. It is believed that nematodes typically enter wastewater treatment...