[HTML][HTML] Foam-forming bacteria in activated sludge effectively reduced by rotifers in laboratory-and real-scale wastewater treatment plant experiments

A Pajdak-Stós, W Kocerba-Soroka, J Fyda… - … Science and Pollution …, 2017 - Springer
Lecane inermis rotifers were shown to diminish sludge bulking due to their ability to ingest
the filamentous bacteria in activated sludge. To determine if rotifers are also able to control …

The effect of three different predatory ciliate species on activated sludge microfauna

…, M Sobczyk, E Fiałkowska, W Kocerba-Soroka… - European journal of …, 2017 - Elsevier
Bacterivorous ciliates play important roles in the functioning of activated sludge by reducing
dispersed bacteria and enhancing flocculation. There are, however, no data on the …

[HTML][HTML] The Toxicity of Selected Trace Metals to Lecane inermis Rotifers Isolated from Activated Sludge

B Klimek, E Fiałkowska, W Kocerba-Soroka… - Bulletin of environmental …, 2013 - Springer
The aim of the study was to assess the toxicity of a range of trace metals to the rotifer Lecane
inermis, a species tested as a potential biological tool to control activated sludge bulking …

Experimental Attempt at Using Lecane inermis Rotifers to Control Filamentous Bacteria Eikelboom Type 0092 in Activated Sludge

…, E Fiałkowska, W KocerbaSoroka… - Water Environment …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
In laboratory experiments, the authors tested the efficacy of Lecane inermis rotifers in reducing
the abundance of filamentous bacteria in activated sludge samples dominated by one …

[HTML][HTML] Selective predation by a harpacticoid copepod on ciliates in phytotelmata: a laboratory experiment

K Wiackowski, W Kocerba-Soroka - Hydrobiologia, 2017 - Springer
Copepods are the most numerous metazoans in water-filled phytotelmata formed by Heliconia
and Calathea floral bracts in cloud forests of Cordillera de la Costa, Northern Venezuela. …

Effect of high levels of the rotifer Lecane inermis on the ciliate community in laboratory-scale sequencing batch bioreactors (SBRs)

…, A Pajdak-Stós, W Kocerba-Soroka… - European Journal of …, 2015 - Elsevier
Due to its ability to feed on filamentous bacteria, the rotifer Lecane inermis has already been
recognized as a potential control agent of activated sludge bulking, which is usually caused …

Effect of the rotifer Lecane inermis, a potential sludge bulking control agent, on process parameters in a laboratory-scale SBR system

W Kocerba-Soroka, E Fiałkowska… - Water science and …, 2013 - iwaponline.com
The influence of a high density of rotifers, which is known to be able to control filamentous
bacteria, on the parameters of an activated sludge process was examined in four professional …

Why is sex so rare in Lecane inermis (Rotifera: Monogononta) in wastewater treatment plants?

…, E Fiałkowska, W KocerbaSoroka… - Invertebrate …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
The monogonont rotifer Lecane inermis is commonly known as a facultative parthenogen.
Unexpectedly, among numerous lineages we isolated from wastewater treatment plants ( …

[PDF][PDF] The toxicity of aluminium salts to Lecane inermis rotifers: are chemical and biological methods used to overcome activated sludge bulking mutually exclusive?

…, J Fyda, W Kocerba-Soroka… - Archives of …, 2013 - archive.sciendo.com
… 128 BEATA KLIMEK, EDYTA FIAŁKOWSKA, JANUSZ FYDA, WIOLETA KOCERBA-SOROKA,
AGNIESZKA PAJDAK-STÓS, ŁUKASZ SOBCZYK … 130 BEATA KLIMEK, EDYTA …

Lecane tenuiseta (Rotifera, Monogononta) as the best biological tool candidate selected for preventing activated sludge bulking in a cold season

…, A Pajdak-Stós, J Fyda, W Kocerba-Soroka… - … and Water Treatment, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
Rotifers in activated sludge reduce the quantity of dispersed bacteria, ingest filamentous
bacteria, enhance flocculation and limit biomass production. Growth rates of rotifers are …